Comperative Analysis of Perceptions of Education Managers for “School”, “Manager”, “Tacher” and “Student” Concepts Through Metaphors


The purpose of this study was to understand how school principals conceptualize “their school’’ and in the current conditions of North Cyprus, through the metaphorical images they use in everyday lives. The main purpose of this study is to find the metaphors of the managers in 4 primary schools in TRNC regarding themselves, teachers, students and school concepts and to determine the relationships between these metaphors. To enhance this understanding, participants’ metaphorical images for “the student”, “the teacher”, “the principal” and “the school” were analyzed. Sample of the study consists of 9 principals of these four schools located in different districts of Nicosia. Both interviewing and questionnaire techniques were employed to collect data. Overall results indicated the fundamental functions of the schools, included in this study, were care-giving, a place of knowledge and enlightenment. Images of school principal, teacher and student implied a teacher and knowledge centered school system. It was also found that our schools had a disciplined and authoritarian atmosphere. Results concerning the school differences indicated that both students attending the low socio-economic status school and the high socio-economic status school students had positively attitudes toward school, school principal and teachers. School principals were generally described with negative images. These images such as an authoritative and disciplinarian, a care-giver, a kind person and a puppet were used for the school principals.


Keywords


Metaphorical images, school perceptions, interpretive/ symbolic approach, school administration, qualitative research

Author : Özge YORULMAZ
Number of pages: 2225-2244
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.42002
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Turkish Studies-Educational Sciences
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