Chung-Kwei Wang
Department of Psychology Soochow University
Kuo-Ying Lo
Department of Social Work Soochow University
The Mainland Chinese inherit social-oriented culture values but also have accepted individual-oriented culture values since the implementation of their open policy. It is quite possible that Mainland teachers have suffered in the school management system when culture values are in conflict. The aim of this study was to examine whether a teacher’s belief in human nature and self-efficacy would influence his or her acceptance of human-rights-oriented school management system. The results indicated that the teachers supported anti-corporal laws but were also afraid of misconduct caused by the law. They supported privacy but were against autonomy in clothing choices. Results of correlational analyses suggested that those who believed in self-discipline were skeptical of the effects of stern-punishment, and those with high levels of self-efficacy were more likely to accept student-rights-oriented educational policies.
Keywords: human nature, attitude toward students’ rights, values