PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP EXPECTATIONS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS PREDICTORS OF PEACEFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated principals’ leadership expectations and artificial intelligence as predictors of peaceful learning environment in secondary schools in Enugu State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. This study adopted a correlational survey design. The population of this study comprised 7,074 teachers in 287 public secondary schools in Enugu State, Nigeria. A sample size of 204 teachers was drawn through multi-stage sampling procedure. The instruments used for data collection were Questionnaire titled: Principals’ Leadership Expectations Questionnaire (PLEQ); Artificial Intelligence Questionnaire (AIQ); and Peaceful Learning Environment Questionnaire (PLEQ) developed by the researchers. The instruments were validated and the reliability ascertained using Chrombac alpha statistics, which yielded 0.84 for PLEQ; 0.92 for AIQ; and 0.88 for PLEQ. In analyzing the data, linear regression was used to answer the research questions, while t-test associated with linear regression was used to test the hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that, principals’ leadership expectations predict a peaceful learning environment in secondary schools in Abia State to a very high extent. Also, artificial intelligence predict peaceful learning environment in secondary schools in Enugu State to a very high extent. Based on the findings, recommendations were made.