A Study on the Relationship between Teacher Leadership and Lifelong Learning Competences of Junior High School Teachers in Taitung County

[[abstract]]本研究旨在了解目前國民中學教師領導與終身學習能力的現況，並探究不同背景變項的教師在教師領導知覺與終身學習能力上的差異情形，以及教師領導與終身學習能力的相關性、教師領導對終身學習能力的預測力。本研究採用問卷調查法，以台東縣公立國民中學教師為研究對象，以分層等比例隨機取樣方式，抽取17所學校共328位教師，回收有效問卷287份，有效回收率達87.5％。以SPSS 12.0統計軟體為工具，進行描述性統計分析、獨立樣本t檢定、單因子變異數分析、事後多重比較分析、皮爾森積差相關及逐步多元迴歸等分析問卷資料。本研究獲得結論如下： 一、台東縣國民中學教師對教師領導的知覺現況屬中上程度表現。 二、台東縣國民中學教師對終身學習能力的知覺現況屬中上程度表現。 三、台東縣國民中學教師在背景變項中，包含不同性別、年齡、現任職務、服務學校規模，在教師領導的知覺程度上達顯著差異。 四、台東縣國民中學教師在背景變項中，包含不同性別、教育程度、現任職務、服務學校規模，在終身學習能力的知覺程度上達顯著差異。 五、台東縣國民中學教師領導的知覺程度，與終身學習能力具有顯著正相關。 六、台東縣國民中學教師領導的知覺程度，對終身學習能力具有顯著預測力。 最後根據研究結果提出建議，供教育行政機關、學校行政主管、國民中學教師及未來研究者參考。[[abstract]]This study was to understand the status quo of teacher leadership and lifelong learning competences of the junior high school teachers and to explore the differences on teacher leadership and lifelong learning competences caused by their variety backgrounds. Also, the relation between and the predictive of teacher leadership and lifelong learning competences were analyzed in this study. The method of questionnaire survey was conducted for this research. The subjects of the study were the teachers in public junior high schools in Taitung County. Based on the proportional allocation of stratified random sampling method, 328 teachers from 17 public junior high schools in Taitung County were selected as the subjects. Totally, there were 287 responses with the valid return rate of 87.5％. SPSS 12.0 is used as the major tool for descriptive statistics﹐independent–samples t–test﹐one–way ANOVA﹐posterior comparisons﹐Pearson’s product moment correlation and multiple stepwise regression. The conclusions of the study were defined as below： 1.The teacher leadership practice among the members of the junior high school teachers in Taitung County reached above average. 2.The lifelong learning competences practice among the members of the junior high school teachers in Taitung County reached above average. 3.There were significant differences in the perception of teacher leadership with the different background variances of the junior high school teachers in Taitung County﹐such as gender﹐age﹐position﹐and school size. 4.There were significant differences in the perception of lifelong learning competences caused by the different background variances of the junior high school teachers in Taitung County﹐such as gender﹐educational level﹐job position﹐and school size. 5.There were significant positive correlations in the perception degrees between teacher leadership and lifelong learning competences of the junior high school teachers in Taitung County. 6.The perception degrees of teacher leadership of the junior high school teachers in Taitung County have significant predict ability to lifelong learning competences. Finally﹐based on the research findings﹐this study also provides some suggestions for educational authorities﹐the junior high school administrators﹐the junior high school teachers﹐and future researchers.[[note]]碩