The Self-Managing School: A Matter of Being and of Becoming.

Autor/in	Beavis, Allan K.
Titel	The Self-Managing School: A Matter of Being and of Becoming.
Quelle	(1992), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Governance; Institutional Autonomy; Organizational Change; Organizational Climate; Private Schools; School Based Management; School District Autonomy; Self Determination; Systems Approach; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Institutionelle Autonomie; Organisationswandel; Organisationsklima; Private school; Privatschule; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Selbstbestimmung; Systemischer Ansatz; Australien
Abstract	This paper explores possibilities within a paradigm that is an alternative to the reductionist, mechanistic paradigm of school-based management. The use of a "sporting team" concept (from a dynamic, holistic paradigm) rather than a "ship's crew" model (from a reductionist approach) is advocated. Using research on the governance of independent Australian schools, a prima facie case is developed to show that schools do not become self-managing, autonomous entities merely by the appointment of school councils. When viewed from a dynamic systems paradigm, schools are seen to be by nature self-managing and autonomous. The appointment of a school council enables a school to become self-managing at a qualitatively different, second-order level of functioning. The self-referential processes of a school, such as the stabilizing structures of expectations, are explored to help administrators and decision makers participate in those processes with understanding. (Contains 24 references.) (LMI)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC