Change and effectiveness in schools : a cultural perspective /
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| Author / Creator: | Rossman, Gretchen B. |
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| Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, c1988. |
| Description: | xii, 173 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series, frontiers in education |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/892806 |
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