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Direct linkMelville, Wayne; Hardy, Ian; Bartley, Anthony – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
Using the insights of the French sociologist, Pierre Bourdieu, this article considers the role of the science department chair in the reform of school science education. Using Bourdieu's "thinking tools" of "field", "habitus" and "capital", we case study the work of two teachers who both actively pursue the teaching and learning of science as…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Science Departments, Science Education, Department Heads
Download full textMelville, Wayne; Bartley, Anthony; Weinburgh, Molly – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2012
In this article, we investigate the change forces that act on administrators, subject department chairpersons and teachers as they seek to implement a change in a Canadian secondary school. Using a case study methodology, our analysis of the data uses Sergiovanni's (1998) six change forces: bureaucratic, personal, market, professional, cultural,…
Descriptors: Principals, Secondary Education, Secondary Schools, Educational Change
