Levels of Environmental Uncertainty of a Site Based Management School within a Minority/Majority Context.

Autor/inn/en	Antelo, Absael; Ovando, Martha N.
Titel	Levels of Environmental Uncertainty of a Site Based Management School within a Minority/Majority Context.
Quelle	(1991), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Elementary Education; Information Needs; Minority Group Influences; Organizational Effectiveness; School Based Management; Teacher Attitudes; Work Environment; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Elementarunterricht; Information need; Informationsbedürfnis; Unternehmenserfolg; Lehrerverhalten; Arbeitsmilieu
Abstract	Findings from a study that examined the effects of school-based management on the perceived environmental uncertainty of Texas elementary school teachers are presented in this paper. Perceived environmental uncertainty is defined as a lack of clarity and significant information in the school setting. Questionnaires were administered to teachers in two elementary schools with high proportions of minority students: 32 urban school teachers in a school participating in school-based management (SBM) and 30 teachers in a non-SBM school. The SBM school was located in the inner city and was 99% Hispanic; the non-SBM had a 85% minority enrollment. Findings indicate that the SBM school exhibited lower degrees of uncertainty at both in-district and out-of-district levels than did the non-SBM school. Despite different concerns expressed by each group, both were unclear about the availability of district support services and the impact of state legislation on the job. A conclusion is that school-based management is a viable strategy for reducing and coping with environmental uncertainty. Four tables are included. (20 references) (LMI)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC