Delivering "Jugyou Kenkyuu" for Reframing Schools as Learning Organizations: An Examination of the Process of Japanese School Change.
Delivering "Jugyou Kenkyuu" for Reframing Schools as Learning Organizations: An Examination of the Process of Japanese School Change.
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2007
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M. R. S. Arani;Yoshiaki Shibata;M. Matoba
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M. R. S. Arani;Yoshiaki Shibata;M. Matoba
Introduction The concept of learning organizations encourages a rewarding school environment and fosters an educational culture which provides opportunities for change, for reflecting on action, for learning from each other, and for collaborative learning activities methods of observation, reflection, journaling and ethnography (Fauske & Raybould, 2005; Gorelick & Tantawy-Monsou, 2005; Sun & Scott, 2003; Silins & Mulford, 2002). School improvement theory has developed over many years, but the idea that a school can learn, and efforts to reframe schools as learning organizations have become increasingly prominent during the last decade (Minnett, 2003; Eisner, 2002; Ballantine & Spade, 2001; Mohr & Dichter, 2001; Gray, 2000; Senge et al., 2000). As Senge et al. argue, “schools can be re-created, made vital, and sustainably renewed not by fiat or command, and not by regulation, but by taking a ‘learning orientation’, [which] means involving everyone in the system in expressing their aspirations, building their awareness, and developing their capabilities together” (2000:5). Integrating this idea into reframing school and teacher professional