| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 教管所學校行政組(碩士班) === 93 === A Case Study on a Small School under the Threat of Merger
Abstract
The study aims to explore the administration of small school, their responses and coping strategies under the threat of merger. Following the extensive literature review, a case study- an elementary school in Kaohsiung County, was selected. Data were collected through participant observation, interviews and document analyses. The main findings of the study include as follows:
I. As the prescribed number of personnel in school was limited, teachers in this case have both teaching and administrative tasks. But the case school still operated well once manpower of either administration or teaching is aided.
II. In terms of curriculum, school size did not affect the arrangement of the case school. Instead, small class teaching becomes the advantage of the case school.
III. Facing with merger, the situation of leadership was changed. The principal’s leadership could fit for the situation and be accepted by members in this school as well.
IV. All of the participants in this study were dissatisfied with the issue of school merger. But there is not such direct correlation between participants response and school operation. School personnel are dissatisfied with both reasons and processes of the merger, while people in school district are care about the result.
V. Diverse strategies were adopted by the case school. But most of the strategies took effect depending on school’s well-operation. Among those, funding support was the most concrete strategy, and propaganda strategy was also as important issue of school management.
According to results of this research, the suggestions were proposed as follows:
I. To the school facing with similar situation, keeping school under well-operation, and advertising for advantages of small-class teaching, as well as fighting for re-dividing school zone, are important.
II. To the government, the regulations of decrease personnel should be reconsidered, and the process of communication with school participants facing with merger should be improved.
III. The complex about merger was not only occurs in small school. To explore the different views about school merger would be a suggestions to further studies.
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