| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 教學專業發展數位學習碩士在職專班 === 101 === Case Study: Learning from Hankou Junior High School and Understanding the Factors in How the School Won a National Award for Excellence in Teaching
Advisor：Dr. Meng-Jing Hu, Ph.D.
Student： Pei-Hsuan Kao
Abstract
The object of this study was to study and analyze the factors which led the Hankou Junior High School team to win a National Award for Excellence in Teaching and to understand how other schools can learn from the Hankou experiences, programs and strategies.
To understand the teaching methods and motivation of the Hankou team in winning the prestigious teaching award, we looked at the Hankou team vision, the team values and the teamwork programs which led to the school winning the award. By looking at these factors, we can understand how other schools can learn from these lessons and undertake a similar strategy at their schools.
The study looks to understand the impact of the award on the teachers, students and administration and the factors which led to their winning the National Award.
This research adopts a single-case-study method using interviews, observations and analysis of data and records, to understand how and why the Hankou team won the award.
Based on the above collected data, we reached the following con-clusions:
1. The development of the Hankou team can be seen as having undergone four phases:
(1) budding-root-preparatory phase,
(2) running-saw-development phase,
(3) cohesive-efforts phase and
(4) deep-plowing-harvest-sophisticated phase.
2. The Hankou team demonstrated four outstanding characteristics:
(1) A common vision and clear objective
(2) Initiative to create and emphasize learning to empower students
(3) Good communication between the students, teachers and school administration
(4) Open, friendly school environment to foster warm team school spirit and culture
3. It is possible for other schools to emulate the success of the Hankou team by using their programs and strategies.
(1) With a “flying geese” type of curriculum, team members must work together towards one goal, such as to improve the excellence of their school by increasing the test scores of their students and improving the teachings and quality of school life.
(2) By practicing a five level leadership program, schools can strive for a higher level of achievement by improving its teaching quality which can only benefit the school and its students.
4. The Hankou team showed selfless sharing in a tight cohesive working environment which allowed everyone to communicate openly and well at all levels.The Hankou team demonstrated impressive initiatives and a total committed motivation to create new innovative teaching strategies which allowed them to obtain the maximum performance from the students in their learning en-vironment.
5. The impact of the Hankou team had a lasting positive effect not only on the students, but also on the teachers, administrative staff and the overall school environment.
Based on the above study, we conclude that the team at Hankou Junior High School can offer some good lessons in how teachers and admin-istrators at other schools can learn from this Hankou team to improve their teaching methods, improve their students’ potential and at the same time improve the overall school experience. Some recommendations that schools can adopt to follow similar excellence strategies are outlined and discussed.
Keywords：National Award for Excellence in Teaching, Teaching Excellence winning team, Team learning, analysis of development progress, study case
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