The Ecology of School Improvement: Notes on the School Improvement Industry in the United States
dc.contributor.author | Rowan, Brian | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-08T20:57:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-08T20:57:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Rowan, Brian; (2002). "The Ecology of School Improvement: Notes on the School Improvement Industry in the United States." Journal of Educational Change 3 (3-4): 283-314. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43001> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1389-2843 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-1812 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43001 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper explains how organizations otherthan schools and governing agencies affect thescope and pace of change in American education.In particular, the paper discusses a set oforganizations operating in what can be calledthe school improvement ``industry'' in the UnitedStates, that is, a group of organizationsproviding schools and governing agencies withinformation, training, materials, andprogrammatic resources relevant to problems ofinstructional improvement. The paper shows howthe structure and functioning of theseorganizations explain patterns of change inAmerican education – including why schools inthe United States experience wave after wave ofinnovation and reform while at the same timemaintaining a stable core of instructionalpractices. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 165027 bytes | |
dc.format.extent | 3115 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Education | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Comparative Education | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Curriculum Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Education Research | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Educational Administration | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Educational Change | en_US |
dc.title | The Ecology of School Improvement: Notes on the School Improvement Industry in the United States | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Education | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | School of Education, University of Michigan, 610 East University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1259 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43001/1/10833_2004_Article_5100347.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021277712833 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Educational Change | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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