Research Article

METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

Volume: 10 Number: 2 December 31, 2022
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METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

Abstract

Educational administration is described as both a scientific and a practical field. When the scientific functions of educational administration are evaluated, these functions are “producing knowledge, disseminating knowledge, education-training and service to society”. There are four consecutive steps (description, explanation, prediction and control) of producing knowledge. The aim of control is to reach practical inferences from scientific knowledge. Using scientific knowledge is related with the perceptions about the research. The aim of this study was to reveal the perceptions of primary school principals and vice-principals about educational administration researches through metaphors. One sub-aim was deciding the most frequently used metaphors to conceptualize educational administration research by primary school principals and vice-principals and the reasons to choose these metaphors. The other one was determining how conceptual categories distribute according to tasks and education level. This research was designed as a phenomenological study which is one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of this research consists of 128 primary school principals and vice-principals who work in centre of Niğde during November 2021-April 2022. In this research a form with two parts, used as the data collection tool. The first part consists of demographic knowledge and in second part there were “Educational administration researches are like…Because…” sentence and participants completed it. Data were analyzed according to stages suggested by Saban (2008). These stages were “coding and eliminating stage, sample metaphor compilation stage, categorizing stage, validity and reliability stage”. Participants resembled education administration researches to “guide, a useful thing, provider of development, a problem identification tool, other, a valuable thing, a vital need, a futile effort” in order. When these categories are investigated this can be said: participants have positive attitudes toward educational administration research. Also this can be said; both principals and vice-principals; both the participants who attended and didn’t attend to graduate school used metaphors related with “guide and a useful thing” from categories. If the positive perception of the principals and vice-principals can be supported with the politics theory-practice relevance can be established wider.

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Primary Language

English

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Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

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Publication Date

December 31, 2022

Submission Date

October 30, 2022

Acceptance Date

December 25, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 10 Number: 2

APA
Kısa, N. (2022). METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION. Anadolu Eğitim Liderliği Ve Öğretim Dergisi, 10(2), 89-101. https://izlik.org/JA72AW64EY
AMA
1.Kısa N. METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION. E-AJELI. 2022;10(2):89-101. https://izlik.org/JA72AW64EY
Chicago
Kısa, Nuray. 2022. “METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION”. Anadolu Eğitim Liderliği Ve Öğretim Dergisi 10 (2): 89-101. https://izlik.org/JA72AW64EY.
EndNote
Kısa N (December 1, 2022) METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION. Anadolu Eğitim Liderliği ve Öğretim Dergisi 10 2 89–101.
IEEE
[1]N. Kısa, “METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION”, E-AJELI, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 89–101, Dec. 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA72AW64EY
ISNAD
Kısa, Nuray. “METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION”. Anadolu Eğitim Liderliği ve Öğretim Dergisi 10/2 (December 1, 2022): 89-101. https://izlik.org/JA72AW64EY.
JAMA
1.Kısa N. METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION. E-AJELI. 2022;10:89–101.
MLA
Kısa, Nuray. “METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION”. Anadolu Eğitim Liderliği Ve Öğretim Dergisi, vol. 10, no. 2, Dec. 2022, pp. 89-101, https://izlik.org/JA72AW64EY.
Vancouver
1.Nuray Kısa. METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION. E-AJELI [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 1;10(2):89-101. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA72AW64EY