LESSON 2: SCHOOL CULTURE

According to Mitchell, 2008, __________ is the historically transmitted patterns of meanings that include the norms, values, beliefs, ceremonies, rituals, traditions, and myths understood by members of the school community.

• Professional Orientation

• School Culture

• Collegiality

• Traditions

He defined school culture things such as traditions and celebrations shared with family, faculty and staff, and the community

• Mitchell

• Barth

• Wagner

• Saphier & King

What dimension involves the amount of emphasis the school places on the continuous growth and development of faculty members as professionals?

• Student-centered

• Organizational Structure

• Professional Orientation

• Cultural Norms

It is an accentuation of the school's culture's subscription to genuine consensus among their community.

• Cultural Identity

• Cultural Norms

• Leadership

• Parents Teacher Association (PTA)

What descriptive category is based on observed dimensions of a culture where people in these schools actively work together to respond to their changing context and to keep developing? 

• Cruising Schools

• Moving Schools

• Struggling Schools

• Sinking Schools

What is the importance of school culture in education?