Decision Making of the Instruction and Research Unit in IGE Schools [microform] : Functions, Processes, and Relationships. Technical Report No. 420 / Sandra Jane Kawleski
- Bib ID:
- 5341789
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Kawleski, Sandra Jane
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977
- 333 p.
- Summary:
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The purpose of this study was to observe and describe the functions, processes, and relationships of shared decision-making in the Instruction and Research (I & R) units of multiunit Individually Guided Education (IGE) elementary schools. Data for the study were gathered through interviews and observations of 16 I & R units at 8 IGE schools of diverse location, socioeconomic level, and ethnic composition. Data were analyzed by I & R units and across I & R units according to the responses of the staff and based on field notes and observations. Among the study's major findings were the following: 1) the membership, modes of operation, and functions of I & R units varied from the prototypical multiunit organizational model; 2) unit members felt they derived much benefit from membership in the unit and shared a sense of togetherness; 3) I & R units were dynamic groups--high in complexity, low in centralization, low in formalization, and low in stratification; 4) the shared decision-making process in units was interactive, with consensus by silence being the predominant method; and 5) unit members were satisfied with the decision process and decision at the unit level, but less satisfied with decisions at the schoolwide level. (Author/JG)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: NE-C-00-3-0065.
- ERIC Note: Report from the Project on Organization for Instruction and Administrative Arrangements; For a related document, see EA 010 030.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning
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- ERIC
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- 1977
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