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The new institutionalism in education / edited by Heinz-Dieter Meyer, Brian Rowan.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Meyer, Heinz-Dieter.
Rowan, Brian.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Educational sociology.
Institutions (Philosophy).
School management and organization--Philosophy.
School management and organization.
Physical Description:
ix, 234 p. : ill.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Gives researchers and policy analysts conceptual tools and empirical assessments to gauge the possibilities for institutional innovation.
Contents:
Intro
THE NEW INSTITUTIONALISM IN EDUCATION
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. Institutional Analysis and the Study of Education
2. The New Institutionalism and the Study ofEducational Organizations:Changing Ideas for Changing Times
3. Varieties of Institutional Theory:Traditions and Prospects for Educational Research
4. The Rise and Declineof the Common Schoolas an Institution:Taking "Myth andCeremony" Seriously
5. The School Improvement Industry in the United States:Why Educational Change Is Both Pervasive and Ineffectual
6. The Institutional Environment and Instructional Practice:Changing Patterns of Guidance and Control in Public Education
7. The New Institutionalism Goes to the Market:The Challenge of Rapid Growth in Private K-12 Education
8. Growing Commonalities and Persistent Differences in Higher Education:Universities between Global Models and National Legacies
9. How Private Higher Education's Growth Challenges the New Institutionalism
10. Institutional Changein Education:Evidence from Cross-National Comparisons
11. Breaking the Institutional Mold:Faculty in the Transformation of Chilean Higher Education from State to Market
12. Lessons Learned and Future Directions
13. Gauging the Prospects for Change
Contributors
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
W.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780791481080
0791481085
9781429427722
1429427728
OCLC:
78211957

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