Humans in Hierarchies: Intergroup Relations in Education Reform

IF 2.4 2区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Renée Rinehart Kathawalla, Jal Mehta
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Abstract

Purpose: Existing research on loosely coupled educational systems has largely ignored the social and affective dimensions of such systems. Drawing on literature from organizational behavior, this study examines how “human” factors, including role identity dynamics, power dynamics, and stereotyping, shape the implementation of state-led education reforms. Research Method/Approach: This study draws on interviews and focus groups with 77 actors from different organizational levels in two states and uses a grounded theory analytical approach. Findings: Our findings indicate that stereotyping is ubiquitous across contexts, that the way actors stereotype and perceive each other depends on their positions in the system, and that stereotypes of higher ups often persist even as higher ups are aware of them and try unsuccessfully to mitigate them. We theorize about the reasons for these outcomes and their consequences for efforts at systemic change. Implications for Research and Practice: This study underscores the importance of social and emotional factors in education reform efforts, which have been under-theorized to this point. It demonstrates that reforms could be more successful when higher ups and lower downs have more frequent and meaningful interactions, which facilitate opportunities to break down social and emotional barriers to successful implementation.
层次中的人:教育改革中的群体关系
目的:现有的关于松散耦合教育系统的研究在很大程度上忽略了这种系统的社会和情感维度。本研究借鉴组织行为的文献,考察了“人”因素,包括角色认同动态、权力动态和刻板印象,如何影响国家主导的教育改革的实施。研究方法/方法:本研究采用访谈和焦点小组的方法,对来自两个州不同组织级别的77名参与者进行了调查,并使用了基于基础的理论分析方法。研究结果:我们的研究结果表明,刻板印象在各种背景下普遍存在,行动者对彼此的刻板印象和感知方式取决于他们在系统中的地位,即使高层意识到了这些刻板印象,并试图减轻这些刻板印象但没有成功,对高层的刻板印象往往会持续存在。我们对这些结果的原因及其对系统性变革的影响进行了理论分析。对研究和实践的启示:这项研究强调了社会和情感因素在教育改革努力中的重要性,而到目前为止,这些因素还没有得到充分的理论化。它表明,当上层和下层有更频繁和更有意义的互动时,改革可能会更成功,这有助于打破成功实施的社会和情感障碍。
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Educational Administration Quarterly
Educational Administration Quarterly EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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6.90
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9
期刊介绍: Educational Administration Quarterly presents prominent empirical and conceptual articles focused on timely and critical leadership and policy issues of educational organizations. As an editorial team, we embrace traditional and emergent research paradigms, methods, and issues. We particularly promote the publication of rigorous and relevant scholarly work that enhances linkages among and utility for educational policy, practice, and research arenas.
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