Principal training is a main way of improvement for headmasters of elementary and high schools.Therefore,the key to improve the quality of headmasters is to focus on principal training and its maximal effectiveness.After so many years' hardworking,principal training for school headmasters in China develops with high speed,that is,great achievements are made in the aspects of relative system construction, training practice and study of training theory,which lead to the construction of wholesome training system,training base,training qualified teachers and training curriculums and their rapid development. All this is obvious and meritorious;however,it also has some shortcomings.In this paper it is to analyze the problems and shortcomings in training value,administrative systems,training practices,training evaluation and training theory of principal training.Based on the methods of literature review,historically investigation and comparative study,it is firstly to retrospect the development history of principal training for school headmasters in past 30 years,describe the main achievements in the process,emphatically point out and analyze the factors which influence and hinder the effectiveness and further development of principal training.Then it is to,according to the relative experience and enlightenment of principal training in America and Britain,and with the need of contemporary educational reform and quality-oriented education, put forward the countermeasures and suggestions for further fastening the development of principal training.The measures and suggestions are: adjust training value,refresh and fulfill the idea of principal training, innovate administrative system of principal training,enhance administrative systems,renew training practice,perfect and optimize training system,establish and perfect training criteria and evaluation standard,pay enough attention to and enhance the theoretical study of principal training,increase the fund input in it and guarantee the effectiveness of fund expenditure in the process. |