The relationship between Transformational teaching and Academic performance with the mediating role of Academic passion in students

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between transformational teaching and academic performance with the mediating role of academic passion in students.

The research applied in terms of purpose and method was descriptive, correlational one. The statistical population of this study included 4300 students of at the Secondary school of Neka. The statistical sample was 353 participants that determined by the using Krejcie and Morgan table, and selected by stratified random sampling according to gender.Data were gathered by using three Questionnaires of Pham & Taylor transformational teaching (1999), Schaufeli et al academic performance (2002) & Beauchamp et al (2010) academic passion Questionnaires. Their reliability was calculated to 0.82, 0.86 and 0.82 respectively by the use of Cronbach Alpha. The collected data was used for analyzed by Structural equation modeling using the partial least squares method (PLS).

The results of this study showed that there is a significant relationship between transformational teaching and academic passion with academic performance. 53.7% of academic performance and 66.5% of academic passion is explained by transformational teaching. And the academic passion variable has a mediator effect on the relationship between transformational teaching and academic performance. Fit indices indicate that the proposed model is an appropriate fit.

Teachers 'use of transformational teaching methods and strengthening students' academic enthusiasm can improve their academic performance.