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- W812821723 abstract "From a critical humanist perspective I explore why and how under adverse material and socialconditions some Tanzanian state primary schools manage to improve their educationalprovision. I focus specifically on the influence of staff attitudes and behaviours on the changemanagement process, as school culture is thought to affect school improvement success, andchange is prerequisite to improvement. Fieldwork took place in Dodoma from August 2003 toMay 2005 in two urban primary schools, considered locally to be improving. I combined twomethodological approaches: action research in the context of case study. Collection of mainlyqualitative data focussed on the societal and systemic influences that shaped the schools'organisational cultures, and on the reciprocal relationship between these cultures and the waystaff managed self-instigated and externally imposed improvement initiatives. Action researchenabled my involvement in the change processes, contributing to concrete improvements,generating process knowledge, and supporting staff.Achievable school improvement depended crucially on limited available space for change, thecore of which was insufficient staff motivation and capabilities. Under hierarchical conditionsand in accordance with local perceptions of relevance, successful management of changerequired a combination of dependable leadership, cooperation, communication and close staffsupervision. However, the improvements remained limited to incidents of enhancedeffectiveness, compatible with, if not consolidating, the existing school cultures. No space wascreated for more comprehensive transformations, requiring fundamental organisational andattitudinal change. The quality of school management and pedagogy therefore remainedseverely under-developed. Even though systemic endorsement of school autonomy andenrichment of school conditions are unlikely to happen soon, committed school managers canexpand existing space for change through concentrating on their school's cultures. They canchallenge existing pedagogical and managerial values and practices, and entrust collaboratingstaff with genuine freedom and responsibility to enhance the school's quality." @default.
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- W812821723 title "School improvement in Tanzania : school culture and the management of change" @default.
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