Analysis of causal relationship among education quality factors using path analysis

경로분석을 이용한 교육품질요인의 인과관계 분석

The main purpose of this study was to analyze the causal relationship, in the perspective of Total Quality Management, among the education quality factors, which were suggested in the previous researches, including education leadership, process improvement, educational environment, regional commitment, student performance and satisfaction of education quality. In this study, education quality factors were measured by several measures, and were processed with the most efficient statistical package in the SEM area, AMOS. In order to analyze the causal relationship among the education quality, this study designed the structural equation model with suggested factors and established several the research hypotheses. Also this study found that there was a prominent causality among the education quality factors, such as education leadership, education environment, student performance and satisfaction of education quality.

본 논문은 기존 연구에서 제시된 교육리더쉽, 과정개선, 교육환경, 지역참여, 학생성과 및 교육품질 만족 등의 교육품질요인들 간의 인과관계를 경로분석을 이용하여 분석하였다. 본 논문에서는 교육품질요인들을 몇개의 측정변인으로 측정하고 SEM(구조방정식모형) 분야에서 가장 효율적인 AMOS를 이용하여 분석하였다. 교육 품질요인간의 인과관계분석을 위해서 본 논문에서는 위에서 제시한 요인들로 구조방적식모형을 설계하였다. 분석결과, 교육품질요인들 간에는 뚜렷한 인과관계가 나타났다. 특히 교육리더쉽이 중요한 원인변인이었으며 이것이 교육성과에 영향을 주고 나아가서 교육품질에 영향을 주는 전형적인 한국교육현상을 반영하고 있었다.