A search for self-renewal in school systems: Modes of Participation

Amos Dreyfus, Shoshana Keiny, Tami Kushnir

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Abstract

In an investigation of school system self-renewal, teachers’ modes of participation are viewed in accordance with three dimensions: (a) favoring change versus resisting change, (b) active versus passive attitude, and (c) task orientation versus self-orientation. A typology of teachers’ response and participation modes in self-renewal is noted, comprising (a) the activists, (b) the arrogant anti-leaders, (c) the conservatives, (d) the helpless fatalists, (e) the insecure, (f) the impatient-impulsives, (g) the authentically committed, and (h) the floating indifferents. Implications of these response modes, considering situational demands, are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)333-343
Number of pages11
JournalSmall Group Research
Volume20
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1989

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