Ribbins Peter, Zhang Junhua

Abstract: In recent years, the issues of culture and societal culture have attracted much attention in educational administration and leadership research internationally. This paper considers the role of societal culture in school leadership within China. Based on a theoretical examination of the notion of societal culture and an empirical study of the lives and careers of 40 secondary head teachers from Yunnan, a semi-mountainous Province, in the rural west it discusses five aspects of societal culture influencing head teachers in China: traditional culture (especially contucianism), the Culture Revolution the economic culture, Communist Education, and patriarchal culture. The views of these head teachers are explored and the paper discusses how, as they see it, these aspects of social culture have been influential in shaping their lives and careers as people and their personalities, values and actions as educational leaders.

Keywords: Culture; Head teachers; Rural China; School Leadership; Societal Culture

总 结：

1、近年来，文化和社会文化问题已经吸引了教育管理和领导研究在国际上的许多关注。本文主要研究我国社会文化在学校领导中的作用。

2、基于社会文化概念的理论考试以及在云南四十位校长的实证研究，本文论述了在西部农村，社会文化对于我国校长有五个方面的影响：传统文化（尤其是传统的儒家思想）、文化革命、经济文化、共产主义教育文化以及宗法文化。社会文化的这些方面如何影响他们作为普通人时的生活和事业以及他们作为教育领导时的个性、价值观和行为，也是本文要论述的一个方面。

来源:International Studies in Educational Administration (Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration & Management (CCEAM)). 2006, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p71-88. 18p.