The Construction of Personal Meaning in the Transformation of a School's Culture: Three Journeys Along the Pathway of School Improvement

603 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001.The study recommends that administrators rethink the traditional, single-reality, cause-effect world view and consider a constructivist world view that supports the existence of multiple realities, multiple paths to understanding, and the possibility of influencing rather than directing change. It outlines a framework for constructing a better understanding of the change process, and it cautions administrators to respect the power of the culture of their schools.U of I OnlyRestricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETD