Balance Individual Autonomy and Collaboration to Center on Students

Autor/in	Sergiovanni, Thomas J.
Titel	Balance Individual Autonomy and Collaboration to Center on Students
Quelle	In: Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 70 (2004) 3, S.17-22 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-127X
Schlagwörter	Personal Autonomy; Cooperation; Competence; Educational Practices; High Schools; School Culture; Teacher Collaboration; Teaching Experience; Teaching Methods; Teacher Role; Cooperative Planning; Teacher Participation; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individuelle Autonomie; Co-operation; Kooperation; Kompetenz; Bildungspraxis; High school; Oberschule; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Lehrerkooperation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerrolle
Abstract	Organizational competence is what makes schools smarter, and such competence is typically found to reside in the relationships, norms, memories, habits, and collective skills of a network of people. Simply put, organizational competence is the sum of everything that everybody knows and uses that leads to increased learning. In an organizationally competent school, everyone has a role that defines his or her obligations and everyone is part of a reciprocal relationship that spells out mutual obligations. Reciprocal role relationships enable informal communities of practice to bubble up and institutionalized collaborative cultures to trickle down. When such informal communities of practice and institutionalized collaborative cultures are joined, schools achieve the desired balance between individual autonomy and collaborative work. One school that has struck the right balance between individual autonomy and collaborative work is Adlai Stevenson High School, which is located in Lincolnshire, Illinois. The leaders at Stevenson realize that authentic student centeredness carries the requirement that concern for students and their learning be embedded in a culture that values teachers, invests in their learning, and encourages their professionalism. This article discusses how collaborative culture is manifested and has been successful at Stevenson. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10