| 英文摘要 |
With the implementation of the 12-year National Basic Education Curriculum, high school principals play a critical role in curriculum leadership. This paper employs a qualitative research methodology and collects data through semi-structured interviews with principals of senior high schools as the target population. It aims to investigate the awareness of high school principals regarding the changes in high schools' response to the twelve-year national curriculum policy, the curriculum leadership and practice of promoting the twelve-year national curriculum, and the dilemmas they encounter. The study finds that: (1) the implementation of the 12-year National Curriculum Policy has an impact on senior secondary schools in the following ways: principals are required to provide curriculum leadership to guide school curriculum development; schools are given a certain degree of autonomy to plan their curricula according to the spirit of the school-based approach; there is an increased demand for and opportunity for diversified and self-directed learning by students; teacher empowerment and collaboration is a necessary trend; and there is a trend towards the integration and sharing of resources, not only across disciplines and subjects but also across schools. (2) The principal's role in promoting the leadership and implementation of the 12-year national curriculum includes: leading school teachers to develop a common vision for the curriculum, establishing a consensus for curriculum development, communicating and coordinating; leading by example and participating in curriculum development; shaping a supportive culture of curriculum development in schools, and building trust and dialogue among teachers; encouraging teachers' professional learning communities, and fostering the dynamics of professional growth and collaborative curriculum development; and introducing and integrating internal and external resources to support the development and implementation of the curriculum in schools. (3) Difficulties encountered by school principals include: the implementation of curriculum development concepts is limited by the number of teachers and their abilities; the implementation of flexible learning is affected by the lack of space, equipment, and safety in schools; the implementation of the school curriculum is disturbed by the imposition of policies; and promotionism overrides the characteristics of the school and the adaptive and holistic learning of the students. |