Aesthetic Leadership Perceptions of High School Students Regarding Their Teachers

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the high school students’ level of perception related to aesthetic leadership and its sub-dimensions and try to identify the characteristics of aesthetic leadership that have been displayed by their teachers in Kocaeli, Turkey. In this research, mixed research model has been adopted. At the end of the research, it has emerged that while the perception of aesthetic leadership characteristics that have been displayed by the high school students’ teachers is frequent around “aesthetic appearance”, the least highlighted aesthetic leadership quality is “aesthetic approach”. According to findings of the research, it is appeared that the level of high school students’ perception related to aesthetic leadership and its sub dimensions is medium level and high school students’ perceptions do not differ significantly with respect to gender factor but high school students’ perceptions differ significantly with respect to type and name of school.