Agency and Structure--Influences on a Principal's Initiation of Change in School Practices.

Evans, Beryl

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Publication Date: 1987

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Agency and Structure--Influences on a Principal's Initiation of Change in School Practices.

Evans, Beryl

Australian Journal of Education, v31 n3 p272-83 Nov 1987

It is proposed that Giddens' theory of structuration explains some of the complexities of the actions of principals and teachers in the process of school change, and a specific change occurring in an Australian suburban school is analyzed in this context (MSE)

Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Interprofessional Relationship, Leadership, Organizational Climate, Power Structure, Principals, School Administration

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