The New Institutionalism in Education

by Meyer, Heinz-Dieter; Rowan, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780791469064
• ISBN10: 0791469069
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

The New Institutionalism in Education brings together leading academics to explore the ongoing changes in K-12 and higher education in both the United States and abroad. The contributors show that current educational trends-including the increased globalization of education, the growing emphasis on educational markets and school choice, the rise of accountability systems, and the persistent influence of business groups like textbook manufacturers and test makers on educational policy-can best be understood when observed through an institutional lens. Because schools and universities are organizations that are stabilized by deeply institutionalized rules, they are subject to the enduring problem of substantive educational reform. This book gives researchers and policy analysts conceptual tools and empirical assessments to gauge the possibilities for institutional reform and innovation. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Institutional Analysis and the Study of Education	p. 1
The New Institutionalism and the Study of Educational Organizations: Changing Ideas for Changing Times	p. 15
Varieties of Institutional Theory: Traditions and Prospects for Educational Research	p. 33
The Rise and Decline of the Common School as an Institution: Taking "Myth and Ceremony" Seriously	p. 51
The School Improvement Industry in the United States: Why Educational Change Is Both Pervasive and Ineffectual	p. 67
The Institutional Environment and Instructional Practice: Changing Patterns of Guidance and Control in Public Education	p. 87
The New Institutionalism Goes to the Market: The Challenge of Rapid Growth in Private K-12 Education	p. 103
Growing Commonalities and Persistent Differences in Higher Education: Universities between Global Models and National Legacies	p. 123
How Private Higher Education's Growth Challenges the New Institutionalism	p. 143
Institutional Change in Education: Evidence from Cross-National Comparisons	p. 163
Breaking the Institutional Mold: Faculty in the Transformation of Chilean Higher Education From State to Market	p. 187
Lessons Learned and Future Directions	p. 203
Gauging the Prospects for Change	p. 217
List of Contributors	p. 225
Index	p. 229
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