Comparative Educational Research on Personnel Administration of Public School Teachers

本项目的最终目的是对日本和国外6个国家公立义务学校教师的人事管理进行比较研究。主要研究结果如下：(1)教师绩效考评国外许多国家的教师绩效考评结果都被用来提高教师个人在当前岗位上的绩效和素质。而日语教师评价结果的利用是闭门造车的。(2)教师调任日语教师在每学年的三月份，当他们在现有学校完成规定的工龄时，被调到新学校。而国外教师调任的启动主要是由于人员过剩和教师到新学校工作的愿望。(3)改善日本教师人事管理需要进一步研究的问题：(1)披露评估结果的使用情况；(2)以工龄为基础评估定期调任的优劣；(3)制定教务会人事管理人员的在职培训计划。

This project intended ultimately to conduct comparative research on personnel administration of teachers in public compulsory schools in Japan and 6 foreign countries. The remarkable findings are as follows.(1) Performance Appraisal of TeachersResults of performance appraisal of teachers in many foreign countries are utilized to improve individual teacher's performance and quality in present position. Whereas the utilization of results of Japanese teachers appraisal is behind closed door.(2) Teacher TransferJapanese teachers are tranfered to new schools in March of every school year when they fulfill the stated length of service in present schools. Whereas the transfer of teachers in foreign countries is initiated mostly for reasons of overstaffing and teacher's desire to work in a new school.(3) Problems to be researched further for the improvement of Japanese personnel administration of teachers are as follows; (1) disclosing the state of utilization of results of appraisal, (2) evaluating the merits and demerits of periodical transfer based on the length of service, and (3) developing the inservice training program for the personnel administrator at the board of education.