Training Curriculum For Principals Of Primary And Secondary School In Rural Areas

The rapid development of basic education in rural areas bring forward a great challenge to the school principals which are the main members of the schools.The training of principals provide a platform for the development of the rural primary and secondary school principals, so its effectiveness draw a increacing attention.The effectiveness of training depends on its well order, mode, in which curriculum development is the core element. Through the investigation of the problems in principal training, this paper focuses on the curriculum development in order to improve the training effectiveness."Constructivist curriculum", " The theory of principal professionalism " and "the Learning theory of adult" are the oretical foundation for the construction of training curriculum, which points out the direction for reforming the curriculum.The research on the training courses for principals of primary and secondary school in rural areas of Hubei Province is the practical foundation for the curriculum construction. Survey results show that principals are highly positve to the principal training. They show a tendency of autonomous goal-setting in course objective, case teaching in course method, and look forward to short-term training.As to the contents of curriculum, the management curriculum are in the first place. How to overcome the shortcomings of the previous training curriculum and how to meet the demands of principals point out our future direction for strive.Based on the theory and practical study, we propose several recommendations to the construction of curriculum for the principals of primary and secondary school in rural areas. In the objective construction of the training, we should direct towards subjectivity, comprehensiveness, development and practicality. The contents of curriculum should be able to establish the dominant position of educational curriculum and to strengthen the implementation of practical courses. At the same time the training curriculum should pay attention to hidden curriculum, online courses and local courses. The curriculum evaluation should combine with the self-assessment evaluation, processive evaluation, etc. Based on the study of curriculum idea, a scheme named "training programs for principals of primary and secondary school in rural areas of Hubei Province" is proposed.