Invitational Theory and Total Quality Management: Implications for Professional Practice and Educational Reform.

Autor/inn/en	Brinson, Kenneth H., Jr.; Miller, Jeanie
Titel	Invitational Theory and Total Quality Management: Implications for Professional Practice and Educational Reform.
Quelle	(1995), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Educational Environment; Educational Improvement; Educational Theories; Elementary Secondary Education; Humanistic Education; Organizational Climate; Organizational Development; School Restructuring; Self Concept; Systems Approach; Total Quality Management + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Humanistische Bildung; Organisationsklima; Organisationsentwicklung; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Selbstkonzept; Systemischer Ansatz; Quality management; Qualitätsmanagement
Abstract	Education reform solutions often ignore the people involved and concentrate solely on the systems in which they work. This paper presents an overview of invitational education theory and Total Quality Management (TQM) theory and describes their uses for improving education. Both theories are holistic approaches; stress the cooperative nature of the education process; emphasize a teaching and learning process in which students continually use their initiative; and stress the inclusiveness of the education process (Paxton 1993). Invitational education reminds educators that a commitment to the role of working with students comes first and is derived from two theoretical perspectives--the perceptual tradition and self-concept theory. TQM is based on W. Edwards Deming's Fourteen Points of organizational development; TQM's systems approach is linked to William Glasser's control theory. Invitational education, TQM, and control theory reinforce each other as an appropriate restructuring approach. Humanistic leadership realizes peoples' potential, invites development, empowers players, and enhances quality. (Contains 40 references.) (LMI)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01