On The Times Characteristics Of Innovative Principals

In t~venty-first century, the age of knowledge-based economy is approaching to us day by day. Finance is no longer the most important production elements and capital but knowledge is. The knowledge-based economy determines the developing direction of economy in future, because of that, knowledge is not only energy but also wealth in present world. Once knowledge and economy get united, innovation is going to be more important, it will turn into the mean of competition in economic strength, military strength and comprehensive national power. However, the basis of innovation is education, and the innovation of education needs a great amount of innovative principals. In the same way, it urgently demands us to bring up a large quantities of innovative principals that the valuing of innovation education by all the countries and the training of teenager innovative talents. The team of present principals in basic education needs changing notion and being up-and-coming, makes efforts towards the demand of innovative principals, fosters himself as a principal of being brave in competition and reclamation, willing to innovating. The innovative principals have distinguishing times characteristics. Firstly, a innovative principal is a excellent manager with profound knowledge and extensive learning, not only needs to know well the knowledge of education course, policy and enactment, but also dabble in pedagogy, psychology, management, academic subject knowledge, informational and modernized science. Secondly, a innovative principal is a settler with innovative thoughts and ability. In school management. it is not only needing the ability of independent thinking and scientific decision, but also needing the spirit and capability of opening and progress, being brave in reform and have the courage to innovating with the guide of by scientific thinking. Thirdly, a innovative principal is a inspired man of personality glamour, with a mind of self-confidence, courage, zeal optimism and generosity, and can build a free atmosphere for the innovation of his school. Finally, a innovative principal is a commander with brilliant leadership, democratically makes decision, set up iii -~ ~ ~ \IA扵ER ~ regulations which is beneficial for innovation, gives all-around sensibility investment, helps his school form a resultant of forces for innovation. According to the times characteristics of innovative principals, their missions are as following: (l)Leading the teachers to carry out a innovative teaching. It not only requests the teachers discover and proclaim the rule of education on the basis of their teaching practice, but also proceed the innovation of teaching practice under the guide of innovative education theory. (2)The management of innovative principals should teach the students learning to innovatively and study, learning to know. They should let the children positively, actively and versatilely taking part in study, freely understand and experience the inwardness of learning, achieve the result of innovative learning. (3)Developing their school towards the direction of being informationized, modernized and internationalized. Because of the rapid advancement of the electronic technology and modern communication technology, the ability of gaining, dealing and using information is being a basic abilit...