Max Weber's Critique of the Bureaucratisation of Education

Autor/in	Madan, Amman
Titel	Max Weber's Critique of the Bureaucratisation of Education
Quelle	In: Contemporary Education Dialogue, 11 (2014) 1, S.95-113 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-1849
DOI	10.1177/0973184913509754
Schlagwörter	Criticism; Teacher Effectiveness; Power Structure; Educational Administration; Educational Theories; Educational Change; Interpersonal Relationship; Educational Practices; Social Differences; Educational Principles; Foreign Countries; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritik; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Bildungsreform; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Bildungspraxis; Sozialer Unterschied; Bildungsprinzip; Ausland; Indien
Abstract	In this commentary, the author discusses the critique by Max Weber and his views on bureaucratisation of education. The modern school, said Max Weber (1864-1920) over a hundred years ago, has as its educational ideal the bureaucrat and no longer the cultivated elite of older times. The shift to modernity and to its characteristic institution, the bureaucracy, was, according to Weber, concomitant with the emergence of a particular model of authority or legitimate domination. Domination and authority in older societies and in older educational institutions rested on personalised relationships as well as on tradition and convention. In education, it is possible to say that charismatic authority was one of the qualities of a good teacher, though, of course, being seen as a bearer of good traditions was also an asset. Bureaucracy thus relied heavily on an education into impersonality and impersonal relationships, that is, into a connection not with specific individuals but with principles and generalised rules. Weber's theory of bureaucracy recommends itself for study. It continues to be at the heart of a great deal of thinking about power in schools, and indeed in all organisations, and continues to shape and influence the future of our world. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01