School Principals’ Opinions on Autonomy in School Administration
| dc.contributor.author | Limon, Ibrahim | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aydin, Bahri | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-25T20:24:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-25T20:24:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.department | Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study aims to determine school principals’ views on autonomy inschool administration. Phenomenological design was employed in the study. Datawere collected through interviews and analyzed using descriptive analysis. Theparticipants were 14 high school principals. They were employed by maximumdiversity sampling method. Data was collected through a semi-structured interviewform. Accroding to findings, all of the participants stated that a school principalshould be autonomous in performance evaluation, budget management, decidingon expenditures. On the other hand, most of them stated that a school principalshould be autonomous in selecting deputy principal and the staff, deciding workdaycalendar and daily timetable, coursebooks and syllabus, quota of the school and thenumber of the students for each classroom. Another finding of this study is thatlocal governments and parents are the most important components that supportan autonomous school principal. As for the advantages and disadvantages ofprincipal autonomy it is stated that the educational quality and efficacy of schooladministration will increase and the student performance will improve; however,there may be subjective practices and pressures on school principal. Lastly,political power and centralized educational system are regarded as the barriers toprincipal autonomy. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.19126/suje.648585 | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 484 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2146-7455 | |
| dc.identifier.issue | 3 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 459 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.trdizinid | 422773 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.648585 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/422773 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/16461 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 10 | en_US |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | TR-Dizin | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Sakarya University Journal of Education | en_US |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
| dc.snmz | YK_20240925 | en_US |
| dc.title | School Principals’ Opinions on Autonomy in School Administration | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
