On Social Systems Theory as a Predictor of Educational Change: The Adoption of Classroom Innovations.

Hanson, Mark

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Publication Date: 1973

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On Social Systems Theory as a Predictor of Educational Change: The Adoption of Classroom Innovations

Hanson, Mark

Journal of Educational Administration, 11, 2, 272-284, Oct 73

When a program of innovative change is proposed for a school, it may well be possible to predict which of the various subsystems of the school will offer the most resistance. The group who are required to make the greatest modification in their normal procedures of operation will raise the highest level of resistance. (Author)

Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Predictor Variables, Social Systems, Systems Approach

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