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- Title
"Administrative and Faculty Turnover and Diffusion of an Educational Innovation,".
- Authors
Keoth, Pat M.
- Abstract
The question of how administrative succession and faculty turnover may influence implementation of an educational innovation was studied in a three-year innovative curricula project in a large metropolitan area. Thirty-three teachers from 24 schools were organized in four field stations, which were modeled on agricultural extension organizations in that training activities and diffusion of new curricular materials were to be extended to schools surrounding the initial 24 project schools. Six schools experienced no turnover among principals during the course of the project; 14 of the schools had two or more principals during the time period. The findings suggest that the continuity provided by low rates of administrative succession is not a necessary condition for the implementation of innovations. Supportiveness of the administrator, which fosters implementation, appears to operate independently of administrative turnover. The time and effort required for socialization of new staff members resulting from faculty turnover were accompanied by decreased amounts of diffusion.
- Publication
Urban Education, 1975, Vol 10, Issue 3, p297
- ISSN
0042-0859
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0042085975103006