Summary: | 碩士 === 東海大學 === 教育研究所 === 99 === A Study on Distributed Leadership and Innovation Management
in Taichung Municipal Elementary Schools
Abstract
The research was to investigate the distributed leadership and school innovation management in Taichung Municipal elementary schools by surveying qualifying directors and teachers in the city. There were 559 effective questionnaires out of totally 632 copies with the valid rate of 88.45%. The data were analyzed with t test, single factor variance analysis, Pearson product moment correlation and finally by the stepwise multiple linear regression analysis.
The conclusions of this research are as below.
1. The degree of distributed leadership and innovation management perceived by elementary school teachers was between medium and high.
2. There was no significant difference in different genders and educational backgrounds of elementary school teachers regarding perceived distributed leadership.
3. Regarding perceived distributed leadership, there was significant difference among teachers of different ages, positions in school and periods of service. Teachers of age from 41 to 50 years old, service periods of 21 to 30 years, and directors in school were with higher degree of distributed leadership perception.
4. There was significant difference of perceived distributed leadership in the teachers from elementary schools of different sizes and histories. Teachers from schools of 13 to 48 classes and school history of 21 to 30 years perceived higher degree of distributed leadership.
5. There was no significant difference in different genders, ages, and educational backgrounds of elementary school teachers regarding perceived school innovation management.
6. Regarding perceived school innovation management, there was significant difference in teachers with different administrative positions and service periods. The degree of perceived school innovation management from directors of department and teachers of 21 to 30 years of service years was higher than the other groups.
7. There was no significant difference of perceived school innovation management in teachers from schools of different sizes.
8. There was significant difference of perceived school innovation management in teachers from schools of different histories. The perceived school innovation management of teachers from school history of 21 to 30 years was higher than the other groups.
9. The degree of distributed leadership and school innovation management was positively related.
10. The degree of school innovation management could be predicted by the degree of distributed leadership.
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