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Identifying a Framework for Initiating, Sustaining and Managing Innovations in Schools

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Innovations in educational organisations have not been researched as intensely as business and industrial organisations in India. If innovations are to flourish in schools, it is critical that the mechanisms which can sustain and encourage them be understood clearly. The present study examined the innovations adopted in four schools and thereby uncovered the system and processes which were conducive to their sustenance. The four schools located in different parts of the country, have utilised a range of innovations at school level in the areas of pedagogy, curriculum, evaluation, administration and resource mobilisation. Findings indicated the important role of leadership in adopting innovations in schools. Subsequently, openness in vertical and horizontal communication and establishing a wide network with individuals and institutions outside also appeared to be critical. The innovative schools had also developed a well–defined and documented system of review and monitoring, and mobilising community support. These schools had established pro–cedures for teachers’ training and growth, and instituted decentralised and participative systems of management. Implications of these findings for management of innovations in schools are discussed.

Psychology & Developing Societies, Vol. 17, No. 1, 51-80 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/097133360501700104


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