TY - JOUR
T1 - Teachers' professional orientation and their involvement in school policy making
T2 - results of a Dutch study
AU - Jongmans, Kees
AU - Biemans, Harm
AU - Beijaard, Douwe
PY - 1998/12/1
Y1 - 1998/12/1
N2 - The policy of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science is to increase school autonomy. To be able to deal with such autonomy, schools must have a policy-making capacity. The level of teacher involvement appears to be an important indicator of the extent of this capacity. This paper is based on a study of the views of 1079 teachers from 98 schools for secondary agricultural education. Two main types of teachers were discovered: those with a more and those with a less extended professional orientation. While the former were more likely than the latter to be involved in policy making, neither was heavily engaged. The report concludes with a plea for a more participatory model of policy making in schools. copy;1998 BEMAS.
AB - The policy of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science is to increase school autonomy. To be able to deal with such autonomy, schools must have a policy-making capacity. The level of teacher involvement appears to be an important indicator of the extent of this capacity. This paper is based on a study of the views of 1079 teachers from 98 schools for secondary agricultural education. Two main types of teachers were discovered: those with a more and those with a less extended professional orientation. While the former were more likely than the latter to be involved in policy making, neither was heavily engaged. The report concludes with a plea for a more participatory model of policy making in schools. copy;1998 BEMAS.
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U2 - 10.1177/0263211X98263007
DO - 10.1177/0263211X98263007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0043121835
SN - 1741-1432
VL - 26
SP - 293
EP - 304
JO - Educational Management Administration and Leadership
JF - Educational Management Administration and Leadership
IS - 3
ER -