Change and effectiveness in schools : a cultural perspective /

Change and effectiveness in schools : a cultural perspective /

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Author / Creator:Rossman, Gretchen B.
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1988.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 173 pages).
Language:English
Series:SUNY series, frontiers in education
SUNY series, frontiers in education.
Subject:
School improvement programs -- United States -- Case studies.
High school teachers -- United States -- Attitudes -- Case studies.
Social values -- Case studies.
Educational anthropology -- United States -- Case studies.
Educational anthropology.
High school teachers -- Attitudes.
School improvement programs.
Social values.
United States.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11101280
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Other authors / contributors:Corbett, H. Dickson, 1950-
Firestone, William A.
ISBN:0585067473
9780585067476
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-167) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Other form:Print version: Rossman, Gretchen B. Change and effectiveness in schools. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1988 0887067255
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • The Central Argument
  • School Cultures
  • Change: Cultural and Planned
  • Overview
  • 2. Monroe High School: The Comprehensive Ideal and Basic Skills Improvement
  • Monroe High School
  • Perspectives on Purpose
  • The Basic Literacy Program and Teacher Responses
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Westtown: Improvement Efforts in a Good School
  • Westtown High School
  • The Faculty Talks
  • Westtown's Ethos
  • Change at Westtown
  • The Sacred and Change
  • Epilogue
  • 4. Somerville High School: A School for Good Citizens
  • The Setting
  • Historical Background
  • The Inner Circle
  • Discipline and Order
  • Education for Tomorrow: Work and the Individual
  • Challenges to Autonomy
  • 5. Culture and Change
  • Variations in Local School Cultures
  • Faculty Responses to Change
  • Observations on Behavioral and Cultural Change
  • 6. Culture and Effectiveness
  • Definitions of Effectiveness
  • Appropriate Definitions of Effectiveness
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Index

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