Understanding the Reorganization of Secondary Schooling: A Political Games Approach.
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| Title: | Understanding the Reorganization of Secondary Schooling: A Political Games Approach. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Welsh, Paul J., Frost, David |
| Source: | Journal of Education Policy. Mar-Apr 2000 15(2):217-235. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 2000 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Games, Interpersonal Relationship, Political Influences, Politics of Education, Principals, School Restructuring, Secondary Education, Small Towns, Transactional Analysis |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom (England) |
| ISSN: | 0268-0939 |
| Abstract: | Explores reorganization of secondary education in a small British town. Conceptualizes six headteachers and the education director as social players engaged in seven transactional game situations during reorganization, showing how political changes that transformed the public-sector education provision also created conditions conducive to gamesmanship. (Contains 21 references.) (MLH) |
| Entry Date: | 2000 |
| Accession Number: | EJ607911 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Explores reorganization of secondary education in a small British town. Conceptualizes six headteachers and the education director as social players engaged in seven transactional game situations during reorganization, showing how political changes that transformed the public-sector education provision also created conditions conducive to gamesmanship. (Contains 21 references.) (MLH) |
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| ISSN: | 0268-0939 |
