The Culture of the Christian School
IN DISCUSSIONS OF educational administration theory, school culture has emerged as a contentious construct characterized by polarized positions. The underlying tensions are between conflicting structuralist and post-structuralist perspectives. These have led to views of Christian school culture and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Paternoster Periodicals
[2003]
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Journal of education & Christian belief
Year: 2003, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 129-142 |
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| Summary: | IN DISCUSSIONS OF educational administration theory, school culture has emerged as a contentious construct characterized by polarized positions. The underlying tensions are between conflicting structuralist and post-structuralist perspectives. These have led to views of Christian school culture and school organization as being either, on the one hand, static, positivist, hierarchical, individualistic and capitalistic or, on the other, dynamic, coherentist, communally interdependent, service oriented and Christ-centered. All schools demonstrate an ethos or organizational culture by default if not by design. It is therefore imperative for Christian school administrators, educators, and the community to consciously define the aspects of school culture that reflect the shared biblical values of the Christian school community. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of education & Christian belief
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/205699710300700205 |