| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 成人教育研究所 === 90 === The main purposes of this study were: (1) to understand the situation of teachers participating in an in-service Instructional Master Degree Program and professional growth; (2) to explore the condition of teachers from different background whose different demands for professional growth;
(3) to explore the condition of teachers from different background whose learning results of professional growth;
(4) to find out the relationship between demands and results; (5) and to provide suggestions as a reference for educational administration, professionals, and teachers themselves.
Methodology of this research involves questionnaires survey and interview. In questionnaires survey, samples of the survey are the elementary school teachers participating in an in-service Instructional Master Degree Program at night. A questionnaire was constructed by the author named “ Survey of elementary school teachers participating in an in-service Instructional Master Degree Program at night and professional growth ” as a research tool to survey on 348 teachers and 218 effective samples were actually acquired. By means of the statistical techniques, such as item analysis, factors analysis, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and one-way analysis of variance. In interview, to hold semi-structured interview with 8 of the samples made up the short of questionnaires survey.
The study reaches to some conclusions as the following:
1.Teachers participating in an in-service Instructional Master
Degree Program demand for professional growth strongly and
recognize the importance of lifelong learning.
2.The demands for professional growth don’t show significant
differences in variables of gender, length of career,
position and condition of studying.
3.Gender doesn’t affect the learning results, but there are
some differences among the others.
4.Teachers participating in an in-service Instructional Master
Degree Program in professional growth between the demands and
the results don’t match up. The demands can’t be satisfied
with the results.
According to those conclusions above, this research yields to some suggestions:
1.Suggestions for educational administration:
(1) Teachers Colleges should keep on the in-service
Instructional Master Degree Program and make it as part of
the improvement of teachers professional growth to match
up the development of teachers’ professional career.
(2) Satisfy teachers’demands with planning the contents of
the in-service Instructional Master Degree Program.
(3) The selection and arrangement of the program should be
flexible.
2.Suggestions for the professionals:
(1) Improve the basic concept and capacity of adult learning
and teaching.
(2) Cherish teachers’ practical experiences and encourage the
peer to exchange their experiences.
3.Suggestions for teachers themselves:
(1) Teachers should act positively and reflect constantly on
their professional performances.
(2) Cherish the gain from the in-service Instructional Master
Degree Program and apply it to practical teaching.
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