Steps onto road of the principal: Narrative Inquiry of the Journey of Elementary Principle Candidates

• Main Authors: Yao-pin Kuo, 郭耀斌
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60994495908977640411

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 教育學研究所 === 98 === Steps onto road of the principal: Narrative Inquiry of the Journey of Elementary Principle Candidates KUO YAO PIN Graduate Institute of Education National Cheng Chung University Abstract In this study, narrative inquiry is used to explore the promotion course of six principal candidates (including the author) in primary schools through their teachers - directors - principal candidates’ journey in their roles of perception and practice, and hoping to ascertain their role orientation. Promotion is a personnel selection process. The most essential condition of this process is to match the right people and the right jobs. The pursuit of career advancement is based on the increase in work and life satisfaction, the challenge to assure the individual''s abilities, and hereby to increase salaries and upgrade social status, and to prove the success of career accomplishment. Principal candidates who stand out from the principal assessments are naturally bright and superior in people’s eyes. But during the waiting period of principal appointment, how one deal with the uncertainty is rarely documented. This study is self-narrative-based, supplemented by the general narrative. In addition to author’s sensitive perception of the situation, it is mainly tracing back the personal life experiences and then onto the road as the school principal, supplemented by the greatest understanding of the field description of the education situation and the interviews with the principal candidate partners. Shuttling between the theory and practice, presented by the text to reflect the aspirations of potential to reason out the sequence of ideas of school principal’s promotion and preparing process. By tracing back the past experience, one can foresee the future. Major conclusions of this research were as the followings: I. The principals during their pre-service training have different role definitions when facing the uncertainty of promotion process. II.The principals’ practice in the promotion process is decided by their participation and attitude. III.The principals would try to look for internal and external resource to support themselves. IV.The principals must interact with others appropriately to get a promotion. Key words:the candidate of school principal, promotion process, role identification, elementary school