The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of collective teacher efficacy, academic press and faculty trust, all of which are components of academic optimism (AO), in predicting school innovation. In addition, the authors explored the extent to which faculty trust mediates the association between collective teacher efficacy and academic press with school innovation.,In all, 1,009 teachers from 79 schools in Northern Israel completed anonymous questionnaires about AO and innovation. Aggregation, descriptive statistics, bivariate correlation analyses and mediation analysis were performed to analyze the data.,Results showed that the components of AO, i.e., collective teacher efficacy, academic press and trust, were positively correlated to school innovation, and that trust mediated the relationship between collective teacher efficacy and school innovation. The study results confirmed that AO holds a significant predictive value in school innovation and highlights the importance of trust in supporting innovation.,As school leaders are challenged to foster innovative new practices in their schools, the findings suggest that they will need to know how to cultivate collective teacher efficacy, academic press and faculty trust.,This is the first study to examine the role of the components of AO in predicting innovation. By using a robust sample, the authors were able to examine the proposed school-level model with respect to the factors that affect school innovation. Originality also lies in the organizational approach to educational innovation in relation to faculty’s beliefs and behaviors.

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预测学校创新

本文的目的是检验集体教师的效能，学术媒体和教师信任在预测学校创新中的作用，这些都是学术乐观（AO）的组成部分。此外，作者还探索了教师信任在多大程度上介导了集体教师的效能与学术媒体与学校创新之间的联系。总计，以色列北部79家学校的1,009名教师完成了有关AO和创新的匿名调查表。进行了汇总，描述性统计，双变量相关分析和中介分析来分析数据。结果表明，AO的组成部分，即集体教师的效能，学术新闻和信任，与学校创新呈正相关，这种信任介导了集体教师的效能与学校创新之间的关系。研究结果证实，AO在学校创新中具有重要的预测价值，并强调了信任对支持创新的重要性。由于学校领导面临着在学校中培养创新新做法的挑战，研究结果表明，他们将需要知道如何培养集体教师的效能，学术媒体和教职员工的信任。这是首次研究AO组件在预测创新中的作用的研究。通过使用可靠的样本，作者能够就影响学校创新的因素研究提议的学校水平模型。创意还在于与教师的信念和行为有关的教育创新的组织方法。研究结果证实，AO在学校创新中具有重要的预测价值，并强调了信任对支持创新的重要性。由于学校领导面临着在学校中培养创新新做法的挑战，研究结果表明，他们将需要知道如何培养集体教师的效能，学术媒体和教职员工的信任。这是首次研究AO组件在预测创新中的作用的研究。通过使用可靠的样本，作者能够就影响学校创新的因素研究提议的学校水平模型。独创性还在于与教师的信念和行为有关的教育创新的组织方法。研究结果证实，AO在学校创新中具有重要的预测价值，并强调了信任对支持创新的重要性。由于学校领导面临着在学校中培养创新新做法的挑战，研究结果表明，他们将需要知道如何培养集体教师的效能，学术媒体和教职员工的信任。这是首次研究AO组件在预测创新中的作用的研究。通过使用可靠的样本，作者能够就影响学校创新的因素研究提议的学校水平模型。创意还在于与教师的信念和行为有关的教育创新的组织方法。