Abstract:

In this research which was carried out in screening model to find out the perceptions of the secondary school teachers, concerning the concept of “principal” through metaphors, phenomenology, one of the qualitative research designs was utilized. Research group is composed of 210 voluntary teachers working in 16 secondary schools in the central district of Siirt in 2016-2017 school year, through maximum variation sampling method. Research data was collected through a semi-structured form consisting statements such as “School principal is as …, because …”. In the evaluation of research data, “content analysis” method was utilized. As a result of the research, it was determined that teachers use 96 metaphors in relation to school principals, which were categorized under 11 different themes. Accordingly, teachers mostly perceive school principals as “a guiding and leading person”. However, the category with the least metaphors and the least participation is the category: “School Principal as the person storing information”. Moreover, it was found out that teachers have a high level of metaphors of school principals. In the research, it was generally concluded that teachers have a positive metaphors of school principals. 

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