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• catalog abstract "School reform is a hot issue among educators, administrators, politicians, and parents. Reform theories abound and are debated by these groups on a daily basis. Some are being implemented today in our schools, and only time will tell which works best. Democracy, Chaos, and the New School Order takes an investigative look at these various theories. Author Spencer Maxcy challenges competing and contradictory views of educational organization and social change. He contends that current educational reform is incomplete and ill-suited to democratic nations because it lacks inspiration, moral purpose, and heart. Forces such as the American educational bureaucracy, the resistance of teacher unions, an entrenched administration, and the threat of external pressure groups to change schools into self-serving enterprises are proving to be obstacles to today's reform efforts. Democracy, Chaos, and the New School Order is more than a theoretical study; it offers unique solutions that go beyond the simple reordering of status quo educational components of the system. Maxcy presents a useful set of recommendations for changes in administrative practice that create a "new school order," where school reform in a democratic society results from leadership merging with moral and ethical processes.".
• catalog contributor b9098295.
• catalog created "c1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "c1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
• catalog description "1. How Did the Schools Get This Way? Frameworks of Organization. The Critique of Frameworks Thinking. Poststructuralism, Pragmatism, and Restructuring of Schools. The New School Order. Where Do We Go From Here? -- 2. Chaos Versus Order and Our Schools. Chaos Theory and School Order. An Analysis of Chaos Theory. Applying Chaos Theory to Schools. The Politics of Chaos. Chaos and Social Organization. Beyond Chaos and Structure -- 3. Democracy and Educational Organizations. Democracy. Postliberal Democratic Values. Chaos and Democracy. Democracy and School Design -- 4. Three Efforts to Restructure Schools. On the Receiving End of Structure. Historical Efforts to Restructure Schools in the United States. Three Levels of School Organizational Change. Critiques of School Restructuring. A Postliberal, Postmodernist-Poststructuralist, and Critical Pragmatic Critique. Leading the Organization of the School. New Ways to Think About Leadership in Schools.".
• catalog description "Democracy, Chaos, and the New School Order is more than a theoretical study; it offers unique solutions that go beyond the simple reordering of status quo educational components of the system. Maxcy presents a useful set of recommendations for changes in administrative practice that create a "new school order," where school reform in a democratic society results from leadership merging with moral and ethical processes.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-192) and index.".
• catalog description "School reform is a hot issue among educators, administrators, politicians, and parents. Reform theories abound and are debated by these groups on a daily basis. Some are being implemented today in our schools, and only time will tell which works best. Democracy, Chaos, and the New School Order takes an investigative look at these various theories. Author Spencer Maxcy challenges competing and contradictory views of educational organization and social change. He contends that current educational reform is incomplete and ill-suited to democratic nations because it lacks inspiration, moral purpose, and heart. Forces such as the American educational bureaucracy, the resistance of teacher unions, an entrenched administration, and the threat of external pressure groups to change schools into self-serving enterprises are proving to be obstacles to today's reform efforts.".
• catalog extent "xxiii, 197 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Democracy, chaos, and the new school order.".
• catalog identifier "0803961987 (alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0803961995 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Democracy, chaos, and the new school order.".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "c1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press,".
• catalog relation "Democracy, chaos, and the new school order.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "370/.973 20".
• catalog subject "Education United States.".
• catalog subject "Educational change United States.".
• catalog subject "LA217.2 .M39 1995".
• catalog subject "School management and organization United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. How Did the Schools Get This Way? Frameworks of Organization. The Critique of Frameworks Thinking. Poststructuralism, Pragmatism, and Restructuring of Schools. The New School Order. Where Do We Go From Here? -- 2. Chaos Versus Order and Our Schools. Chaos Theory and School Order. An Analysis of Chaos Theory. Applying Chaos Theory to Schools. The Politics of Chaos. Chaos and Social Organization. Beyond Chaos and Structure -- 3. Democracy and Educational Organizations. Democracy. Postliberal Democratic Values. Chaos and Democracy. Democracy and School Design -- 4. Three Efforts to Restructure Schools. On the Receiving End of Structure. Historical Efforts to Restructure Schools in the United States. Three Levels of School Organizational Change. Critiques of School Restructuring. A Postliberal, Postmodernist-Poststructuralist, and Critical Pragmatic Critique. Leading the Organization of the School. New Ways to Think About Leadership in Schools.".
• catalog title "Democracy, chaos, and the new school order / Spencer J. Maxcy.".
• catalog type "text".