Abstract
The goal of the study is to exhibit and describe the image of school principals based on the views of teachers. The participants of the study are 127 teachers working in ten different state schools in Kartepe region of Kocaeli province, Turkey in the educational term of 2012-2013. In this qualitative research, the data have been obtained by means of “Survey of Metaphors attributed to School Principals”. The data obtained have been analyzed and interpreted by using the content analysis method. At the end of the research, 127 different metaphors developed by primary school teachers were ascertained. 53 of these metaphors were seen to put emphasis on the positive roles of school principals while 74 of them underline the negative ones. In this regard, it is concluded that school principals own a positive image according to the views of teachers.
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