A Study on the Occupational Prestige of Teachers and the Reform of Teacher Education System－A survey of teachers in four junior high schools in Taipei area

• Main Authors: Cheng-Chien Lin, 林晟鑑
• Other Authors: 楊瑩
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85897710795568271383

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育政策與領導研究所碩士在職專班 === 96 === By adopting the method of questionnaire survey of teachers in four junior high schools in Taipei area, the purposes of this study are: 1. to understand the occupational prestige of teachers in Taiwan society. 2. to explore the factors influencing the attitudes of teachers with different backgrounds towards the occupational prestige of teachers. 3. to compare the findings of this survey with that of previous two surveys conducted by C. C. Lin, in 1979 and 1991, respectively. 4. to explore the similarities and differences in the attitudes towards the reform of teacher training between the qualified teachers and probationary teachers. 5. to give suggestions, based on the findings of this research, concerning the future reforms of teacher training system in Taiwan The major findings of this study are: 1.The occupational prestige of teachers in schools is, the same as the findings of the previous two studies, still ranked considerably higher, in comparison with other occupations. 2.The teachers of the universities ranked the highest, followed by the presidents of schools, and the teachers in schools accordingly. 3. ‘The degree of authority of the occupations’ and ‘the degree of fitness to the standards of professions’ are the most important factors influencing the attitudes of teachers towards occupational prestige. On the whole, this thesis is divided into five chapters. Starting with an introduction in the first chapter, the second chapter mainly reviews the related literature. After explaining the research design and process in the third chapter, the fourth chapter summarizes and analyzes the major findings of this study. Major conclusions are summarized and related suggestions are proposed in the final chapter.