School Culture and Change on a School Unit Level: A Theoretical Approach with Reference to Greece.

Abstract

The following text discusses the conditions required for schools to change and be modernised, with the Greek educational reality serving as a point of reference. After defining the concept of school culture, the text draws attention to the role attached to the profile of teachers, the principal and deputy principal and students. It also features how this profile is shaped through the perceptions that these individuals have of themselves, their school and the profile of their students. Finally, we advocate the position that the most important changes and those most likely to cause long-term innovation are the ones that start from within schools; not as a result of orders and laws launched from above, i.e. by school supervising authorities and, mainly, the central Agency of the Ministry of Education. Thus, we highlight how positive the role of a decentralised and decentralising system of school organisation, management, supervision and control can be. On condition that, however, the school staff is adequately trained in new teaching methods, techniques and trends, has a high self-esteem and a good relationship with students, the majority of whom are willing and able to follow any changes attempted in their teaching routine and school life in general.

Authors and Affiliations

Georgios Bikos, et al.

Keywords

Related Articles

Influences of Comics Expertise and Comics Types in Comics Reading.

Comics have been increasingly used in reading materials, e.g. newspaper, textbook, and signs. Despite its potential benefits, little is discussed in the merit of comics expertise in comics reading. This study, therefore,...

What is the Economic Impact of Development Aid?

Foreign aid inflows have grown significantly in the post-war period. Many studies have tried to assess the effectiveness of aid at the micro- and macro-level. While micro evaluations have found that in most cases aid ‘wo...

Nursing Program Evaluation of Cultural Competency by Examination of Intercultural Sensitivity.

Nursing faculty and external stakeholders have a commitment to educate nursing students with cultural competence. Ongoing program evaluation strengthens curriculum development related to cultural care. Intercultural sens...

Research on the Function Bridging Teaching Strategy of Middle and High School Under the Core Accomplishment.

The most obvious feeling of many students entering high school is that mathematics is difficult to learn, especially the study of function, which results in students unable to reach the high level of high school mathemat...

Relationship between Population Growth and Industrial Output in Nigeria (1980-2017).

This research work focused on the relationship between population growth and industrial output in Nigeria for the period 1980 to 2017. It is particularly interesting to study the relationship between population growth an...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP503844
  • DOI -
  • Views 142
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Georgios Bikos, et al. (2018). School Culture and Change on a School Unit Level: A Theoretical Approach with Reference to Greece.. International Journal of Innovation and Research in Educational Sciences, 5(3), 319-325. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-503844