A Study on junior high school teachers’ perception of their professional roles and leadership behaviors in New Taipei City

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育政策與領導研究所碩士在職專班 === 101 === The purpose of this study was to understand the current situations of junior high school teachers’ perception of their professional roles and leadership behavior in New Taipei City. A questionnaire survey was conducted for data collection. Subjects of t...

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Main Authors: Chung-Ling Chen, 陳仲苓
Other Authors: Ming-Ching Wu
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89078871740498285301
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Summary:碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育政策與領導研究所碩士在職專班 === 101 === The purpose of this study was to understand the current situations of junior high school teachers’ perception of their professional roles and leadership behavior in New Taipei City. A questionnaire survey was conducted for data collection. Subjects of the survey were teachers of the junior high schools in New Taipei City selected by the stratified random sampling method, including 384 teachers from 16 junior high schools in New Taipei City. There were 360 responses with the valid return rate of 93.8%. Questionnaire data were analyzed by methods of descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s product-moment correlation, multiple stepwise regression analysis, leading to the following conclusions: 1.Teachers of junior high schools in New Taipei City acknowledged their multi-professional roles, and emphasized the role as a teaching-counselor. 2.Junior high schools teachers’ perceptions of their professional roles were significantly different by variables of community and scale of school. 3.Teachers of junior high schools in New Taipei City performed multi-categories of leadership behaviors. 4.Junior high schools teachers’ leadership behaviors were significantly different by background variables such as educational level, teaching major, current position and scale of school. 5.Positive correlation existed between teachers’ perception of their professional roles and leadership behaviors. 6.Teachers’ perception of their professional roles had significant power of prediction for their leadership behaviors. Based on conclusions mentioned, this research recommended some suggestions for educational administration authorities, junior high school teachers, and future studies.