Identifying the Opinions of High School Administrators on Innovation and Its Implementations in Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the perspectives of high school administrators and reveal the opinions of schools and school administrators about the innovational competencies. The phenomenological design was used to reveal the opinions of eight school administrators about the innovation concept in depth. The focus group interview technique was also used to collect the data. Content analysis and descriptive analysis techniques were implemented to analyze the data properly. As a result, it was found that the school administrators had difficulty defining the innovation concept. It is also stated by administrators that there is not a suitable environment to improve innovative actions and legal regulations and lack of beliefs restrict them from it. At the end of the research, it can be recommended that the instructions to increase the knowledge and experiences of the school administrators about innovation concept and process should be carried out.