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dc.contributor.advisorBartlett, Brendan
dc.contributor.authorColeston, Robyn Wendy
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T02:19:30Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T02:19:30Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.doi10.25904/1912/2306
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/365536
dc.description.abstractMy purpose in this study was to investigate teachers’ commitment to educational reform in the context of changes that followed ratification of the No Child Left Behind Act (2002) as systems and schools pursued educational reforms intended to improve students’ achievement. I began with an examination of educational change literatures, which showed that systematic observations of where teachers were placed in reform agendas in relation to knowledge and utilisation of their commitment to change seemed relatively under-theorised and thus through this study I hoped to advance the understanding of that commitment. A provisory schema derived from this review of educational change research, organisational change literature and my own experience as an educator guided the research and evolved as the study unfolded. With the addition of data from this study, the framework was adjusted to model teachers’ commitment to change as a multi-layered phenomenon with particular predictive power invested in personal and contextual factors. The study was undertaken at a large comprehensive high school in the Bronx. The school had been deemed by the New York State Department of Education to be a “School in Need of Improvement”. Under this determination, the school’s administration had five years to meet Annual Yearly Progress targets or face federal intervention. To deter intervention, the principal took a decision in consultation with the regional superintendent and teachers of the school, to restructure it into Small Learning Communities (SLCs).
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane
dc.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
dc.subject.keywordsTeachers' commitment
dc.subject.keywordsEducational reform
dc.subject.keywordsNo Child Left Behind Act (2002)
dc.subject.keywordsSmall learning communities (SLC)
dc.titleCommitment to Change: Teachers' Actualised Commitment to Small Learning Communities in a Bronx High School
dc.typeGriffith thesis
gro.facultyArts, Education and Law
gro.description.notepublicPage v has been scanned. The original contained a signature.
gro.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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dc.contributor.otheradvisorChester, Ivan
dc.rights.accessRightsPublic
gro.identifier.gurtIDgu1366093580969
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gro.source.GURTshelfnoGURT1406
gro.thesis.degreelevelThesis (PhD Doctorate)
gro.thesis.degreeprogramDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
gro.departmentSchool of Education and Professional Studies
gro.griffith.authorColeston, Robyn Wendy


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