A study on the professional growth and related factors of related subjects teachers in vocational senior high schools in Taiwan

• Main Author: 陳德欣
• Other Authors: 莊謙本
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2001
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/44703484735594728567

博士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 工業教育研究所 === 89 === ABSTRACT The purposes of this study were to explore the current status, needs of professional growth and related factors for the related subjects teachers in vocational senior high schools in Taiwan. Firstly, the related literatures were reviewed to establish the theoretical framework. Then the questionnaire survey was conducted for collecting data. The sampled subjects were 1071 related subjects teachers drawn from all vocational senior high schools in Taiwan. The content of questionnaire composed of teachers’ background, career development, professional growth, implementation strategies of teachers’ professional growth and potential obstacles of teachers’ professional growth. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentile, mean, standard deviation, t-test, MANOVA, stepwise regression, and canonical correlation analysis. The conclusions of this study were as follows: 1. As a whole, the current status level of professional growth for related subjects teachers is with a low inclination, which mean value is lower than 4.00. 2. But the teachers’ needs for professional growth are above moderate level. 3. The current status of teachers professional growth appeared significant differences among the following teachers’ background variables and career development variables: gender, age, year of service, job category, subject field, educational background, characteristic of schools, career objective, adaptation and exploration, learning and growing, profession mature, stable or stagnant, and frustration condition. 4. The needs of teachers professional growth appeared significant differences among the following eleven background variables and teacher career development variables: gender, year of service, job category, subject field, educational background, characteristic of schools, career objective, learning and growing, profession mature, stable or stagnant, and frustration condition. 5.With regard to the differences in the status and needs for professional growth, it is worth to note that significant gaps exist in areas such as new knowledge in education, role of expert, practice of educational theories, awareness of humanity, interpersonal communication, school administration, student counseling, class management and workshop management. 6.The background variables of teachers and career development variables could be used to predict their professional growth. And the career development variables were more effective than personal backgrounds in predicting personal professional growth. 7.The influential weight of career development to professional growth is about 21.26% with four groups of variables. And the needs of professional growth were influenced by two groups of variables of career development in the rate of 17.32%. It is shown that the career development is closely related to the professional growth. 8.Related subjects teachers have different opinions on feasible strategies to grow individual competence. Generally speaking, sampled objects in this study have diverse minds for their individual professional growth. 9.In terms of the possible obstacles being faced by the professional subjects teachers in vocational senior high schools, most participants in this study pointed out that there was little opportunity for advanced learning. The heavy workload on campus and the difficulty of time allotment were other two influential factors to hinder their professional growth. Finally, some recommendations for vocational teachers, school administration, education authorities, and further study were suggested. Key words: related subjects teachers in vocational high schools, professional growth, teachers professional growth.