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Abstract
In the past, there was not enough documentary studies that
explained the school developmental process. This cannot satisfy
the new needs of current educational community that emphasizes
understanding the process of educational activities in schools.
This research made use of the interview and document analysis
methods to explore the developmental history of the Te-Lung
Elementary School in Taoyuan Hsien from 1957 to 1995. The major
subjects of this research are the principals, teachers and students
of this school. The main purposes of this thesis are listed as
follows:
1. To preserve some historical witness for the educational
practitioners that dedicated their lives in the school.
2. To investigate the developmental context of the school, the
developmental bottleneck faced by the school, and the coping
strategies used by the school in each stage.
3. To discover and analyze the factors influence the growth of the
school in order to provide some useful suggestions for the school
or other similar schools in the future.
In the process of the research, an experienced teacher that taught
for twenty years in Te-Lung Elementary School said "I never
expected that someone would noticed me in twenty years since I
began teaching. To my surprise, I*m so important. These words
also do the best annotation for the first purpose of this thesis.
The Te-Lung Elementary School was first established as the
"Ba-Te Branch Class" in 1957 because of the government policy to
increment schools and classes.Since then, because of the local
prosperity and the increasing population, under the demand and
assistance of local people, the school became "Te-Lung Branch
School" in 1975. And then in 1982, it became independent and
renamed as "Te-Lung Elementary School ". In order to enable
students to have good learning environments and processes,
every principal and teacher made great effort to improve teaching
facilities, teaching quality and the relationship between teachers.
In the aspect of teaching facilities, the school had faced some
problems, for example, the lack of school land, classrooms,
playgrounds etc. They were solved by the principals gradually.
In order to overcome the lower status of local cultural development
and the deficiencies in school budget, the school worked very hard in
increasing books and teacher-made teaching aids. In the aspect
of improving teaching quality, the principals would directly try to
collect teaching aids and strive for obtaining community resources.
There had also been many teaching innovations, for examples,
changing student assignments in winter and summer vocation to
reciting good works of literature, the unique ways of leading
sports teams etc. Experienced teachers would make remedial
instruction for the students after class free of charge. Teachers and
students would beautify the campus together. There had been many
factors of improving the relationship between teachers, for examples,
the employment of democratic ways of selecting good class heads ,
the staff working together in school like a family.
The students in Te-Lung Elementary School, under the great
efforts of the principals and teachers, had happy learning experience
in the school and setup a strong foundation for the future, even
though the learning environment was not very good. Evidences
revealed that the alumni also demonstrated good achievements.
In summary, from the developmental process of Te-Lung
Elementary School, we can understand that although the inside
and outside conditions were very tough, the school can still rely on
the energetic efforts by the teachers and students to overcome many
unfavorable factors. Therefore, the major implication of this
research is the educators working in the schools need to be
appreciated. As long as they are willing, they can still do a great
deal in overcoming unfavorable situations.
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