A Case Study on Career Transferring Processes of a Administrative Teacher from a Public School to a Waldorf School

• Main Authors: Min-Chun Lo, 羅敏君
• Other Authors: Yu-Min Chien
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4v4ew7

碩士 === 中原大學 === 教育研究所 === 102 === This research adopts qualitative research method, with the research purpose of exploration of career transformation motivation, the process of a public administrative teacher who transfers to a Waldorf School as well as further explores the experiences of participants in two different educational systems of Waldorf school and public school, and the challenges faced and responding strategies along with the career transformation. This research is a case study, taking thorough interview as the principle, assisted with field observation, file analysis, and research reading notes, and triangle verification, researchers feedback, and checking by research participants are applied for ensuring if authenticity of materials. The conclusion of this research includes the following four aspects: 1.The career transition motivation of the teacher in the case is his personality of braveness in challenging and learning. The idea of career transformation is generated facing with lack of new challenge in administrative work in public school for future education of his own children under the support of president of school. 2.The process of teachers’ career transformation in individual case is struggling, braveness, adjusting and new life. 3. There are different opinions about teachers’ experience in Waldorf school and public school in individual case in aspects of administration, teaching, teachers’ profession, students’ study, parents participation. 4. After the teacher in the case transfers his career to Waldorf, he is brave in re-training teacher training, shifting teaching model, parents questioned, inadequate preparation of administrative and contradictions and conflicts of two different education systems coexisting in a school, proposing corresponding strategies for overcoming difficulties. This research also proposes several suggestions for teachers, schools involved in the case, administrative leaders of public school, educational administrative department as well as related researchers in the future for reference.