Power-Control and the Praxis Orientation to School-Based Program Development.

Lemish, Peter

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Publication Date: 1988

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Power-Control and the Praxis Orientation to School-Based Program Development.

Lemish, Peter

Studies in Educational Evaluation, v14 n3 p341-59 1988

The praxis orientation is proposed as an approach to school-based evaluation that enables professionals to understand power relationships and act toward empowerment of the local school community. The orientation is offered as an alternative to the positivist power-control approach, which is critiqued. (TJH)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Empowerment, Evaluation Methods, Ideology, Power Structure, Program Development, Program Evaluation, School Activities, School Effectiveness

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