An Institutional Analysis of the Distributional Modes of Taiwan High-school Teachers

Traditional teacher colleges and graduate institutes are still dominating on the teacher job-searching process at the most desirable category of public senior-high school, so can be seen as the advantage organizations in teacher education arena. Newly completed-high schools hire more teachers, and the resource is more diversely. Over all current distribution of high-school teachers seems equilibrium since each teacher education organization has its own niche, but except the technology education system.

So we postulate the demand-supply is still reasonable in this research period. The mechanisms effects on the teacher labor market include: 1. The public-private characteristic of the high school that candidate chose for practical training is highly affects the later job seeking. 2.

Human capital is the most important factor on the category of public senior-high school. 3. Human capital, advantage of job examination and subject mastery are significant on the category of public vocation-high school. 3. Human capital, prestige advantage of university, and social capital are significant on the category of private senior-high school. 5.

There is no any significant factor affects on the category of private vocation-high school. 6. Traditional teacher college, prestige advantage of university, and advantage of job examination are significant on the category of public junior-high school. 7. Vocational subject mastery is the most significant subject which getting a positive effect on the category of vocation-high school and getting a negative effect on others categories.