Related Issues on Teacher Curriculum Leadership in Junior High Schools: Taking Teacher Leaders of Disciplinary Areas as Examples
Author: Hsiu-Ling Wang(Department of Education, National Taiwan Normal University), Han-Wen Kang(General Education Center, Oriental Institute of Technology)
Vol.&No.：Vol. 58, No. 1
Date：March 2013
Pages：29-58
DOI：10.3966/2073753X2013035801002
Abstract：
This study examines the related issues that teacher leaders of various disciplinary areas encountered in junior high schools after the Grade 1–9 curriculum was performed. We discovered related issues by using a questionnaire, and tracked the sources and causes of the issues through a focus group and individual interviews. Several teachers from 203 schools participated in the survey study and contributed 1,121 sets of valid data. Moreover, we conducted nine focus group interviews in which 48 teacher leaders of various disciplinary areas attended. Thereafter, we interviewed five teachers to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the survey’s results. Four conclusions were obtained through statistical analyses and discussions of the results. First, the severity of the issues that teacher leaders of various disciplinary areas encountered in junior high schools at the current stage was defined as low to moderate. Second, the issues often resulted from a disciplinary division and the design of the school system. Third, a lack of time, shortage of funds, and undefined responsibility and power were the main causes of the issues. Fourth, the teacher leaders with different backgrounds had diverse views on the related issues of curriculum leadership.
Keywords：the Grade 1-9 curriculum, curriculum leadership, teacher leaders of discipline areas
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