This article compares and discusses three prevailing approaches used to understand the
concept of school culture and school culture phenomena. The approaches are typology …

School Culture Improvement follows an abstract-concrete-abstract train of thought. The first
three chapters answer the questions from the angle of abstract theory: what is the school …

Van Houtte (2005) called for clarification of the terms school culture and school climate and
the role of each in school effectiveness research. This article presents a theoretical …

This study seeks to investigate the existence and effectiveness of various forms of culture of
school improvement in a secondary school. This school was selected as, it was labelled as a …

The cultural approach to school improvement suggests that the values, attitudes, beliefs,
expectations, rituals, symbols, ceremonies, and organizational members' perception of “how …

School culture and culture's relationship to school improvement are issues all schools need
to address. From the school culture literature, many writers have concluded that the most …

What is school culture? How can it be measured, described and contrasted? Is school
culture related to school improvement? This dissertation investigates school culture and its …

The current focus on the idea that schools should be communities rather than only
educational institutions is just beginnning to generate research. This chapter considers …

School culture is the set of shared values, beliefs and norms that influence the way
educators and administrators think, feel and behave in schoolplace. School culture can have …

ABSTRACT An Abstract of the Dissertation of Gopal Prasad Acharya for the Master's Degree
in Educational Management titled School Culture: Perception and Practices was presented …