A Study on the Orientation of Teacher Organizations in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Rau, Bang An, 饒邦安
• Other Authors: 秦夢群
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32513088081496837731

博士 === 國立政治大學 === 教育研究所 === 95 === The research is to forecast the functional orientation and developmental trends for teacher organizations in Taiwan. The methods of the study are based on the interview of related experts, document analysis, and survey studies. The aim of the study is to propose some suggestions for decision makers for reference when they are making policies and revising ordinances in the future. In the study, educational administrative staff, principals, chiefs and staff of elementary and secondary schools, and representatives of parents communities in Taiwan are requested to respond to the Questionnaires of Organizational Orientation for Teachers, and 1,247 effective samples received. These include 445 elementary and secondary school administrators (54 school principals and 391 chiefs and directors), 661 elementary and secondary school teachers (320 elementary school teachers, 205 secondary school teachers and 136 general and vocational high school teachers), 101 central and local educational administrative staff (36 MOE staff and 65 local Education Bureau staff) and 40 representatives of parents communities. The target group of interviewing, a total of 13, are intended to meet all levels of the leaders, educationists and experts in teachers organizations, managers in MOE and Education Bureau, legislators, representatives of teachers and parents. The conclusions of the study are as follows: 1. The ideal orientation of teacher organizations is to develop toward a direction of the integration of high professional and unionization. 2. The gap of the development of organizational orientation for teachers is rather wide between ideal and reality. 3. The perceptions of the organizational orientation for teachers are quite different for the surveyed objects due to the different status and conditions. (1) Regarding current post: About the orientation of teachers’ organizations, the educational administrative staff and parents tend to support the idea of teachers’ being highly professionals while school teachers tend to support unionization of it while the school administrators are about in-between. (2) Regarding sex: Males support professionals than females do. (3) Regarding seniority: Teachers with less experience tend to support unionization while those with rich experiences tend to support professionals. (4) Regarding membership in a teachers’ organization: members tend to support unionization than non-members. (5) Regarding classification of schools: Elementary and secondary school teachers tend to support unionization than general and vocational high school teachers do. (6) Regarding the nature of schools: No distinct diversity for the opinions of public and private school teachers. Only private school teachers consider this post should be more professional, but on the other hand, they admit the unionized associations had taken the place of it. 4. In response to teachers’ demand for the three basic labor rights, we suggest formulating specific ordinances and encourage them to act on the basis of Teachers Law. 5. The approbation of official leave of absence is suggested by most of the people. However, the problem of the budget has come to a halt. 6. The pursuit of the mandatory of participation into the teachers’ organizations does not reach the agreement of the majority. 7. The rights for revoking teachers do not obtain sufficient support of the majority. In accordance with the above conclusions, the suggestions proposed are as follows: 1. The future direction of development should focus on both the growth of teachers’ professionals and preservation of their deserved rights. 2. The goal will be rational labor rights in place of the three basic labor rights. 3. The goal is to be consensuses of development of the organization, and to input manpower as well as material resources with more endeavor. Suggestions for the education administration authority: 1. To lead teachers’ organizations to the formula of unionization under ordinances and decrees. 2. To assist teachers’ organizations to narrow down the gap of the development between ideal and reality. 3. To reward teachers with rational labor rights. Suggestions for revising ordinances and decrees: 1. To formulate Teachers Organization Act is the top priority. 2. To revise Teachers Law with legal and administrative supports. 3. To amend and thrash out related education regulations, in response to the 4th term in the Union Law.