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Der Beitrag untersucht, in welcher Weise die gesellschaftliche Sicht auf Kinder von der Wahrnehmung, Kinder seien Schulkinder, beeinflusst wird. Darüber hinaus geht es auch um den Einfluss der Institution Schule selbst auf die außerschulischen Aktivitäten von Kindern. Außerdem werden Konzepte der Schulforschung und Kindheitsforschung der vergangenen Jahre diskutiert, die sich mit einer erweiterten Perspektive auf Kinder befasst haben, vor allem im Zusammenhang mit dem Thema der Chancengleichheit sowohl im Bereich der schulischen als auch außerschulischen Aktivitäten. Bei den Betrachtungen geht es um die Forderung an die Soziologie und Bildungsforschung, Schule nicht isoliert zu betrachten, sondern sie immer auch in Beziehung zu setzen zu informellen Lernprozessen. Anhand von rund vierzig Fallstudien in der westlichen Bundesrepublik wird die Filterwirkung der Schule aufgezeigt, die besagt, dass das Denken und Tun von Kindern auch außerhalb der Schule von schulischen Normen beeinflusst wird. Wünschenswert wäre in dieser Hinsicht eine gegenseitige Befruchtung der Schulforschung und der soziologischen Kindheitsforschung. (ICH).

The aim of this article is to problematize the concept of school culture both as a concept and as a subject of investigation. It deals with the historical roots of this concept and the fact that it is shrinking—a consequence of the managerial imperatives of effectiveness and accountability in education. School culture, in relation to the quality of schools and the quality of education, has become the subject of audits, arrived at through a developed network of standardisation in education, testing and evaluation. The methodology of evaluation currently lending particular substance to school culture, however, generates different methodological perspectives on investigating school culture and thus research is becoming an instrument of political power. In the research it is then necessary to either abandon the concept of school culture or to free it from spinning round the cycle of evaluation/self-evaluation—a change in school culture—improving the "quality of the school"—a new evaluation/self-evaluation. One way to do this is to employ ethnographic approaches in research into schools and to understand school culture as a system of texts.

This quantitative study investigated the correlation between school culture constructs and student achievement in 160 Title I K-8 schools from four Local Education Agencies. Title I schools receive funds from the federal government to fund programs and provide resources to help students meet rigorous standards on state assessments. School culture is defined as the beliefs, perceptions, relationships, attitudes, and written and unwritten rules that shape and influence every aspect of how a school functions. This study aimed to determine if any relationship existed between school culture constructs and student achievement. Statistical analysis included preexisting data collected from the 2016 North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Survey and 2014-2016 student achievement data from the North Carolina End-of-Grade tests. The School Culture Survey constructs developed by Gruenert and Valentine (1998) were used to conduct a multilevel random intercept model for statistical analysis. Data analysis revealed a significant relationship between 2 of the 6 constructs related to school culture. Statistical analysis results revealed that Professional Development and Learning Partnership constructs had a significant relationship to student achievement. Both constructs had a p value of 0.00, which means a significant relationship exists between them and student achievement. Based on the results, recommendations include (1) broadening sample to include more Title I schools; (2) conduct a study to see if non-Title I schools will have the same constructs that relate to student achievement, (3) conduct a study to evaluate Professional Development and Learning Partnership in Title I schools, (4) analyzing Title I Distinguished schools, and (5) conducting a qualitative study related to understanding Professional Development and Learning Partnership in Title I schools. Building capacity in Professional Learning and Learning Partnerships could be the key to making sustained changes.

Special education teachers face various difficulties due to the uniqueness of their work, and these can impact their school culture. On the other hand, if given an opportunity or a resolution, like the Sociological Teachers Teaching Yoga (STETY) intervention program, this could increase the staffs' sense of self-efficacy, thus affecting the school culture. This paper presents the findings of a research aiming to characterize teachers' self-efficacy and school culture by participating in a group for a period of a ten-week yoga program. Qualitative research methods have been used for collecting and analyzing the data from 65 participants in total. The findings show that the Sociological Teachers Teaching Yoga (STETY) intervention program has impacted the participants' self-efficacy and, therefore, the school culture.

The paper presents the results of research exploring the relationship between democratic school leadership and democratic school culture in primary schools. The research is based on the present knowledge that points to the significant role of principals in the process of developing and changing school culture (Fullan, 2005). The aim of the research was to determine the extent of primary teachers' perception regarding the level of development of selected characteristics of democratic school leadership and its connection to their estimate of the level of development of selected characteristics of democratic school culture. The research comprised 651 teachers from the City of Zagreb and Zagreb County. The research was conducted by means of a survey using a questionnaire containing two instruments: the Instrument for the measurement of characteristics of democratic school leadership (designed for the research) and the Instrument for the measurement of characteristics of democratic school culture (adopted from Spajić-Vrkaš, 2016). According to the teachers' perception, principals in the City of Zagreb and Zagreb County implement characteristics of democratic school leadership to a significant degree. They perceive the level of characteristics of democratic school culture as moderate. In addition, the research has determined a statistically significant high positive correlation between characteristics of democratic school leadership and democratic school culture. ; U radu je prikazano istraživanje u kojem je provjeren odnos između demokratskoga školskog vođenja i demokratske školske kulture u osnovnim školama. Istraživanje se temelji na dosadašnjim spoznajama koje upućuju na značajnu ulogu ravnatelja u razvoju i mijenjanju školske kulture (Fullan, 2005). Svrha je istraživanja utvrditi je li i u kojoj mjeri procjena učitelja osnovnih škola o stupnju razvij enosti odabranih obilježja demokratskoga školskog vođenja povezana s njihovom procjenom stupnja razvijenosti odabranih obilježja demokratske školske kulture. U istraživanju je sudjelovao 651 učitelj iz grada Zagreba i Zagrebačke županije. Istraživanje je provedeno anketnim ispitivanjem u kojem je korišten upitnik koji je sadržavao Instrument za mjerenje obilježja demokratskoga školskog vođenja (izrađen za potrebe istraživanja) i Instrument za mjerenje obilježja demokratske školske kulture (preuzet od Spajić-Vrkaš, 2016.). Prema percepciji učitelja ravnatelji u Gradu Zagrebu i Zagrebačkoj županiji u značajnoj mjeri implementiraju obilježja demokratskoga školskog vođenja te percipiraju da u školama postoji osrednja razina prisutnosti obilježja demokratske školske kulture. Nadalje, istraživanjem je utvrđena statistički značajna visoka pozitivna povezanost između obilježja demokratskoga školskog vođenja i demokratske školske kulture.

This presentation is based on a project which is currently in progress in conjunction with the Curriculum Development Institute (CDI) and two partner schools. It focuses on the use of information technology (IT) resources to explore and establish learning and teaching strategies for coping with individual differences in primary classrooms. The teachers involved have developed a resource base that supports innovative delivery models for implementation in their classrooms. In preparing these resources a careful selection is made of appropriate IT resources and tools that can be used to cater for individual learning differences. These resources are designed to run on an online Integrated Learning Environment (ILE) which provides students with the flexibility of working at their own pace at any time from anywhere. The idea is to assist teachers to make use of this tool in an effective way so that they can easily adapt their teaching strategies for specific contexts in order to enhance classroom learning and achieve a beneficial educational outcome. Through continual refinement, the system will then become truly adaptive and sensitive to individual learning differences. The ILE allows teachers to use a variety of teaching strategies, provides a secure basis from which teachers can plan lessons to meet the needs of all students in the class, and, allows teachers to use a wide range of learning resources to provide students with opportunities to develop initiative and independent learning and enable students to enjoy learning through use of IT and be motivated by it. ; (Email: ktlee@ied.edu.hk) Dr. Lee Kar Tin is Head of the Department of Information and Applied Technology, Hong Kong Institute of Education and Associate Dean, School of Creative Arts, Sciences and Technology. Prior to her current position she was Director, Multimedia and Online Developments of the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne as well as an academic member of Education Faculty where she coordinated the implementation of multimedia and web-based delivery developments of various departments and initiated IT related faculty professional development programs for staff. Throughout her career she has been proactively involved in many IT initiatives and facilitated many seminars and workshops for teachers and principals in schools, for faculty in tertiary institutions and for government bodies. She has been invited as keynote and guest speaker and as consultant for various organizations. ; published_or_final_version ; Centre for Information Technology in Education, University of Hong Kong