A Research on Joint Recruitments and Examinations of Junior High School Teachers－in Taipei City, and Taipei County, and Keelung City

[[abstract]]The purpose of this research is to develop a survey of the status quo of Joint Recruitments and Examinations of Junior High School Teachers. Focused on the similarities and dissimilarities of such recruitments and examinations of each city/county and based on the balance between a demand of recruiting teachers who can meet the needs of school development and a demand of abandoning lobby, this research aims to find out a scheme pertinent to Joint Recruitments and Examinations of Junior High School Teachers in Taipei City, Taipei County, and Keelung City for the reference of both competent educational authorities reforming institutions and schools conducting teacher recruitment in practice. The objectives of this research are as follows: 1) explore the significance and related theories of teacher recruitment; 2) analyze the current situations of Joint Recruitments and Examinations of Junior High School Teachers conducted in each city/county ;3) review the fitness of Joint Recruitments and Examinations of Junior High School Teachers with the requirements of selection of the capable and avoidance of cheat;4) investigate the consensus and the suggestions of educational workers in the school. For the above purposes, this study methods were adopted literature review, questionnaire and in-depth interviews. According the result of literature analysis, the foundation of theory was formed to produce “Questionnaire of Opinions to Refine Joint Recruitments and Examinations of Junior High School Teachers” as a survey method. 18 schools in Taipei City/County and Keelung City that have participated in Joint Recruitments and Examinations of Junior High School Teachers were chosen at random where teachers thereof were surveyed. A total of 360 questionnaires were issued. 317 survey instruments were received, out of which 28 instruments responded incompletely to all of the items were considered invalid. 289 out of 360 questionnaires (80.28％) received were deemed valid. The statistics software tool used for the questionnaire analysis was the SPSS for Windows 12.0. The statistics methods used in this research were Descriptive Statistics Analysis and Chi-Square Test to conduct cross analysis. Furthermore, 2 superintendents, 1 principal of junior high school and 3 directors of academic affairs office, 6 in total, were chosen to be interviewed in the way of a self-designed semi-structure outline.