Local Drivers for Improvement Capacity Six Types of School Organisations /

• Main Authors: Blossing, Ulf (Author), Nyen, Torgeir (Author), Söderström, Åsa (Author), Hagen Tønder, Anna (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Assessment.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.

This book presents systematically six types of schools, with different improvement capacities. Different schools have different capacities for school improvement, depending on the school infrastructure, norms and routines for the improvement process, improvement roles, and improvement history. The o...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Organisational Perspectives on Schools and Change
• 3. Method
• 4. Six School Types
• 5. Concluding Reflections.