Η αναγκαιότητα ανάπτυξης των διευθυντικών στελεχών των εκπαιδευτικών μονάδων της Β΄ βάθμιας εκπαίδευσης. Μια εμπειρική μελέτη: οι στάσεις - αντιλήψεις των διευθυντικών στελεχών των σχολικών μονάδων της Β΄ βάθμιας εκπαίδευσης της Β΄ Αθήνας
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Διοικητική επιμόρφωση ; Διευθυντές ; Δευτεροβάθμια εκπαίδευσηAbstract
The purpose of this research was to investigate the need to develop leaders of educational units in Greece. For this purpose, questionnaires were distributed to 90 principals of secondary schools in B΄ Athens. Statistical analysis of the data was done with SPSS. Descriptive measures, parametric tests and correlation analysis were used.
The results of the research first showed that the managers of the secondary education department of the Secondary School of Athens have very positive attitudes and perceptions regarding to the administrative training. They treat it as a process that will significantly help them in the exercise of their administrative duties and in improving the overall efficiency and operation of the school unit. At the same time, their contribution to solving everyday problems at school is important. For this reason, they consider as a necessary process the retraining in matters of administration of the school unit before their selection as managers. These training programs should focus on the development of skills such as: a) organizational and administrative issues, b) communication skills and c) strengthening emotional intelligence, d) leadership skills.
It was also found that the demographic characteristics of the directors had a small effect on their attitudes and perceptions regarding management training. More specifically, statistically significant differences were observed based on gender and age. In contrast, marital status, years of service and educational level did not affect participants' responses. Finally, another element that underlines the importance of administrative training is that the satisfaction of principals from the performance of their duties is positively related to the level of their administrative training as well as to the attendance of training programs related to school administration.
In conclusion, this dissertation highlighted the importance of developing the administrative skills of principals of secondary schools in Greece. The very positive attitudes of the principals towards the administrative training are a critical factor to be exploited by the educational institutions. In this context, it is deemed necessary to organize training programs by the ministry in order to develop and utilize the available and dynamic human resources of the domestic education system.