Metaphorical Perceptions of School Administrators about Social Capital

Autori:

Alpay ERSOZLU, Helen WILDY, Milan KUBIATKO

Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 169-186

How to cite this article:

Ersozlu, A., Wildy, H., Kubiatko, M. (2017). Metaphorical Perceptions of School Administrators about Social Capital. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 59, 169-186.

Abstract:

The purpose of the study is to determine the perceptions of school administrators with regard to social capital through metaphors. For this purpose, to produce metaphors for the Social Capital concept has been requested from the school administrators. A qualitative research method is used in this research and the study group consists of 18 volunteer school administrators participated in the seminar about social capital. The research data has been obtained by allowing the participants to complete the sentences in the interview questions and content analysis method is used in the analysis of data. As a result of research, it has been observed that the school administrators mostly use (50%) Relationships metaphor, and use Human metaphor at the very least when explaining the concept of social capital with the metaphor. The findings obtained from the research indicate that the school administrators mostly describe the concept of social capital as relationship elements.