A01=Stephen J. Ball
Author_Stephen J. Ball
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Casterbridge High
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college
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Critical Reality Definer
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educational leadership
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Ethnic Minority Teachers
Ex-grammar School Teachers
form
gender dynamics in schools
Grammar School Staff
Grammar School Teachers
Great Divide
head
Hunky Dory
London Comprehensive
Lower Participants
Male Takeover
Married Women
meeting
Micro-political Analysis
Micro-political Relations
Modern Languages
Nut Representative
Open Forum Meeting
organisational behaviour
power structures in educational institutions
qualitative case studies
Secondary Modern Teachers
sixth
Sixth Form College
staff
staff relations education
teacher autonomy
teachers
Theorize School Organization
Vice Versa
Wider Issues
women
Women Teachers
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415675338
- Weight: 770g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 08 Dec 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Stephen Ball’s micro-political theory of school organization is a radical departure from traditional theories. He rejects a prescriptive ‘top down’ approach and directly addresses the interest and concerns of teachers and current problems facing schools. In doing so he raises question about the adequacy and appropriateness of the existing forms of organizational control in schools. Through case studies and interviews with teachers, the book captures the flavour of real conflicts in schools – particularly in times of falling rolls, change of leadership or amalgamations – when teachers’ autonomy seems to be at stake.
