A meta-analysis of school innovation and school effectiveness

本研究旨在探討我國學校創新經營與學校效能的實際效果，藉由整合2003到2009年的25篇博碩士論文的研究數據，探討學校創新經營與學校效能兩變項的相關性、調節變項的影響力、及跨變項相關作用的結果。 在研究方法上採用後設分析技術進行，結果分析共分三部分，第一部分是學校創新經營與學校效能的後設分析，有25篇研究納入分析；第二部分在確認調節變項的存在與其對兩變項平均相關的干擾效果，分別以地區及轉型領導等2變項投入；第三部分在釐清跨變項間的相關情形，兩兩變項間須至少有5篇以上的數據才會投入分析。 綜合研究結果及文獻，得到三項研究結論： 一、 學校創新經營與學校效能的效應量有顯著相關，且在程度上為大效應量。 二、 轉型領導為學校創新經營與學校效能間的調節變項。 （一） 地區特徵不會影響學校創新經營與學校效能的相關性。 （二） 轉型領導是影響學校創新經營與學校效能的異質因素，其與效應量有同方向變動關係。 三、 學校創新經營與學校效能跨變項間均具有顯著相關，且各效應量在程度上均為大效應量。 （一） 整體學校創新經營與個別學校效能間均有顯著相關存在，其中以行政績效表現與整體學校創新經營的平均效應量為最高。 （二） 整體學校效能與個別學校創新經營間均有顯著相關存在，其中以行政管理創新與整體學校效能的平均效應量為最高。 （三） 個別學校創新經營與個別學校效能間均有顯著相關存在，其中以行政管理創新與行政績效表現的平均效應量為最高。 爰依上述研究結果，提出五項建議如下 一、 各縣市政府可多辦理獎勵型的創新經營比賽。 二、 進行學校創新經營時，建議校長使用轉型領導策略。 三、 建議學校從事創新經營應重視組織文化之改變。 四、 建議學校創新經營策略之擬定，宜先確定效能標的。 五、 對未來研究在取樣地區、方法使用及變項設定的建議。The purpose of this study is to confirm the effect size of school innovative management and school effectiveness. Researcher analyze mean correlations, moderators’ effect, and correlation across two variables which are school innovative management and school effectiveness by collecting data of 25 theses published in 2003-2009. Meta-Analysis divides results into 3 parts. The first part takes 25 theses into calculation for estimating mean correlations between school innovative management and school effectiveness. The second part is trying to examine the existence of moderators and their moderate effects on the mean correlation. This study sets 2 possible moderators that are areas and transformational leadership for analyzing. The third part is to clarify the relationship across variables. For the sake of keeping a stable effect size, every analysis must build on 5 valid theses’ data. The main conclusions are as follows: 1.There is significant correlation between school innovative management and school effectiveness, and the effect size is demonstrates high effect. 2.Transformational leadership is the moderator that influences school innovative management and school effectiveness. 2.1 The area variable did not moderate the effect size. 2.2 Transformational leadership is the variable that moderates the effect size of school innovative management and school effectiveness. 3. Every Analysis across variables shows significant correlations, and the effect size is demonstrates high effect too. 3.1 In dimension of total school innovation versus single school effectiveness, all effect sizes are significant, and the strongest mean correlation is administrative effectiveness. 3.2 In dimension of total school effectiveness versus single school innovation, all effect sizes are significant, and the strongest mean correlation is administrative innovation. 3.3 In dimension of single school innovation versus single school effectiveness, all effect sizes are significant, and the strongest mean correlation is administrative innovation versus administrative effectiveness. According to the above conclusions, some suggestions have been proposed: 1. Local governments can hold innovative race with award to encourage schools. 2. Principals can use transformational leadership strategy to initiate innovation. 3. Change the rigid organizational culture when schools execute innovation. 4. Define the effective target before the innovative strategies are formed. 5. Suggestions for future researches: About area, method and setting variables