|
The purpose of the research is about Guo-Feng junior high in Hualien County without huge impacts under the serious decreasing birth rate. Instead, Guo-Feng is the only population explosion school of the four in Hualien City by the number of students every year from elementary schools to junior high schools. By exploring four junior high schools in Hualien City about school attendance areas, we show the information and make an objective analysis and comparison. Through the questionnaire survey method and the in-depth interview, understanding the school attendance areas and the school competitive advantage is the factors of selecting school for the students from their parents. The questionnaire survey method is the target for the students’ parents in Guo-Feng junior high. 401 questionnaires were distributed and 362 were recognized as valid with a response of 90.3%. With the in-depth interview, understand the principal how to lead the school team and manage the school. The results are summarized as follows: 1. Under the regular school attendance areas in Hualien City, as for parents’ education level, Guo-Feng junior high is not in the good location. As the result, principal’s leadership, school administrative service, teachers’ professions and students’ performance are so important for school competitive advantage. 2. During Principal Wu in Guo-Feng junior high for 12 years, she actively developed school affairs and made it become only one population explosion school over ten years. That is, no matter what students’ parents’ genders, ages, or educations, they all agree with the effects of managing school, teachers’ professional ability and teaching quality, the school style, and the students’ behaviors. 3. Students’ parents account for 45.6% to change their registered permanent residences for studying in Guo-Feng. 4. The first three school factors of parents’ choices are : (1) School traditional good spirits and reputations. (2) Traffic or convenience for picking up children.(3) The school scale and the school style. 5. Being willing to recommend your friends’ kids to study in Guo-Feng and satisfying with the whole school are all above average.
|