[[alternative]]A study on principals’ instructional leadership in junior high school：An example of the living technology course

[[abstract]]The purpose of the study were：（1）to investigate the current situation of principals’ instruction leadership in junior high schools, taking Living Technology as an example,（2）to conclude the results and offer some suggestions for practicing or improving principals’ instructional leadership. From the findings of document analysis and investigation survey, the conclusions are drawn as follows: （1）Instructional leadership puts emphasis on the higher level of leading belief. （2）It is necessary for junior high schools’ principals to practice instructional leadership.（3）It is possible for junior high schools’ principals to practice instructional leadership. （4）For living technology course,most of the staff are satisfied on teaching and learning , but the living technology teachers are not satisfied with the results. （5）For living technology course, the cognition for principals’ instructional leadership is different between principals and teachers. （6）For living technology course, it is necessary to promote the satisfactory on principals’ instructional leadership. （7）Lack of financial aides,professional knowledge,supporting on educational administration are the main problems for the principals to practice instructional leadership. （8）To exclude the illegal interference and to utilize the financial aides systematically are important and difficult questions. Based on the conclusions, the researcher proposes some concrete suggestions to practice and improve principals’ instructional leadership .