The Study of the Characteristics of Good Teachers in the Elementary School

• Main Authors: Chien-Tzu Liu, 劉千慈
• Other Authors: Der-Hsiang Hung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79561357289890541415

碩士 === 大葉大學 === 教育專業發展研究所碩士在職專班 === 98 === This study primarily aimed to investigate the differences of viewpoints among teachers, pupils, and parents with different background variables. Secondly, this study also discussed the correlation and variation of good teachers’ characteristics emphasized by teachers, pupils, and parents. Thirdly, we tried to figure out professional develop-ment process of good teachers through interview study. Questionnaire Survey Method were adopted in this study; 333 teachers, 442 pupils, and 393 parents from public elementary schools in Changhua County were enrolled as subjects of this study. We also interviewed 2 teachers awarded with Power/Super Award for purpose of support research findings. Findings of this study are: 1. Teachers, pupils, and parents all believe that good “class management and counsel-ing” are the primary characteristics of good teachers. 2. Elementary school teachers with different background variables (gender) have signif icantly different views on characteristics of good teachers. 3. Elementary school pupils with different background variables (gender,grad, self–ass essing school performance) have significantly different views on characteristics of good teachers. 4. Parents of elementary school pupils with different background variables (gender, ed ucation level, occupation) have significantly different views on characteristics of good teachers. 5. Teachers, pupils, and parents have significantly different views on characteristics of good teachers. 6. Views of elementary school teachers, pupils, and parents respectively are signifi-cantly correlation among the five levels of good teacher characteristics. Among those, teachers’ views on “teaching competency” and “class management and counseling” are most correlation, compared with pupils and parents’ views on “class management and counseling” and “professional attitude”. Key Words: elementary school teachers, good teachers, the characteristics of good teachers