A Mission Statement Does Not a Mission Make: A Mixed Methods Investigation in Public Education

Autor/in	Coker, David
Titel	A Mission Statement Does Not a Mission Make: A Mixed Methods Investigation in Public Education
Quelle	In: International Education Studies, 15 (2022) 1, S.210-225 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1913-9020
Schlagwörter	Position Papers; Institutional Mission; Public Schools; Phenomenology; Graduate Students; Student Attitudes; Meta Analysis; Comparative Analysis; State Standards; Achievement Tests; Elementary Secondary Education; Political Attitudes; Educational Improvement; Educational Policy; Instructional Leadership; Educational Administration; Student Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Positionspapier; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung
Abstract	Public schools widely use mission statements, and many educational administration programs teach mission statements as a necessary lever for school improvement. A mixed methods investigation examined three levels. An experiential phenomenological analysis examined graduate students' experiences with mission statements within their own schools and professional life. A thematic analysis examined 80 schools in the Midwestern United States, broken down by high and low performance on state academic testing, ecological differences, quantitative structures of the mission statement, and qualitative themes and dimensions. A meta-synthesis compared findings with previous research. There were structural differences in mission statements, but the conclusion was mission statements were a legacy practice which served the political spectacle, and practitioners adopted the practice out of conformity. There was no direct evidence mission statements achieved the stated purpose. Recommendations were made to refashion mission statements and the school improvement process around four factors. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01