Change and Effectiveness in Schools: A Cultural Perspective

by Gretchen B. Rossman

Rossman, Corbett, and Firestone examined three high schools in the midst of change. Teachers and administrators consented to grant the authors a year in each of their respective settings in order to understand better their unique system of norms, beliefs, and values as well as to track their reactions to events. The ensuing observations and interviews reveal a rich and detailed picture of the efforts to accommodate new policies and practices as well...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887067255
• ISBN13: 9780887067259
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.