新しいタイプの高校における教員の仕事と多忙化 : 学校組織運営上の課題に関する事例研究  [in Japanese] Intensification of Teachers' Work in a New Type High School : A Case Study on Issues of School Management  [in Japanese]

This study aims to identify issues of school management from a the perspectives of teachers in a credit-system high school, a new type of secondary school in Japan. Eleven teachers in the school were asked to write, on schedule sheets, what, when, where, and with whom they did their work. Based on the written schedule sheets, interviews were conducted on how the teachers saw their own work. As a result, it was found that teachers' work was composed of: 1) classroom lessons, 2) school affairs, and 3) teaching art-related special subjects. The teachers shared their work with one another. There were differences in their work according to their duties. In particular, there was a large difference of workload between those who taught art-related special subjects and homeroom teachers. The details of their work changed each month, but the total time taken up by their work did not change. This suggests that each teacher played many roles in school affairs, so that they spent their time doing a multitude of work. Teachers reported that they tended to add new work demanded by the new educational system onto their conventional work, and that they consequently felt very busy. This was the critical issue in the introduction of the new school system. There is a need to examine the organizational design which can effectively incorporate new work into conventional work after considering teachers' working form.