Community Involvement in Educational Governance. [NAESP] School Leadership Digest Second Series, Number 2. [ERIC/CEM Research Analysis Series, Number 17]

Title:
Community Involvement in Educational Governance. [NAESP] School Leadership Digest Second Series, Number 2. [ERIC/CEM Research Analysis Series, Number 17]
Author: Schofield, Dee
Subjects: Consumer Economics ; Political Power ; Educational Change ; Educational Policy ; Governance ; Centralization ; Elementary Secondary Education ; Professional Personnel ; Power Structure ; Educational Philosophy ; Literature Reviews ; Organizational Change ; Community Involvement ; Citizen Participation ; Educational Administration ; Educational Innovation
Description: The intent of this paper is to come to terms with some of the philosophical issues raised by community involvement in the education power structure. The literature reviewed identifies some of the underlying assumptions and explores some implications of increased citizen involvement for both educators and the society they serve. Two modes of thought emerge in the literature on community involvement: the democratic ideal that citizens should have control over the governmental institutions they create, and the contradictory view that the experts (educators) should have control over policy. The complex nature of the issues, as viewed by professional educators and community involvement advocates, is developed in the report. (Author/MLF)
Publisher: National Association of Elementary School Principals
Creation Date: 1975
Language: English
Source: ERIC Full Text Only (Discovery)

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Schofield, Dee 1975