Teachers’ Conceptions of Idiosyncratic Deals They Made with Their Principals

Authors : Görkem Bektaş, Gökhan Özaslan

Pages : 699-716

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Publication Date : 2024-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of the present study is to find out how many different ways teachers understand the idiosyncratic deals they make with school principals. The study used a phenomenographic design within the qualitative methodology and data was collected through semi-structured interviews with sixteen teachers who were balanced diversified in terms of sector (public/private), school level, subject, age, and gender. As a result of the research, it was found that the participants understood these agreements in six different ways. These understandings are (U1) \\\"a practice that can be realized if the necessary conditions are met,\\\" (U2) \\\"a practice that makes me feel good,\\\" (U3) \\\"a practice that benefits the school,\\\" (U4) \\\"a practice that benefits me,\\\" (U5) \\\"a practice that other teachers can accept if they see reasonable grounds for it,\\\" and (U6) \\\"a practice that the school administrators agree to when they have to.\\\" A hierarchical categorization was made between these understandings based on how one understanding encompasses another and it was found that the participants who had understanding U6 also had understanding U5. Finally, recommendations for research and practice were developed based on the research findings.
Keywords : Kişiye özgü anlaşmalar, fenomenografi, öğretmenler, okul müdürleri