Title: The School as a Social System.
Authors: Charters Jr., W. W.
Abstract: This article presents a study on the school as a social system in the U.S. A researcher proposed an outline of a sociology of education included two possible areas of study which are related to organization theory: human relations within the school, and the impact of the school system on the behavior and personalities of persons. In context of the organizational theory, role has added significance because certain of these expectations becomes institutionalized. Educational researchers have shown much interest in the problem of leadership, more specifically on the relation between persons at different levels of authority.
Subjects: EDUCATION research; EDUCATIONAL sociology; SOCIAL systems; ORGANIZATIONAL sociology; SOCIAL role; SYSTEMS theory; LEADERSHIP
Publication: Review of Educational Research, 1952, Vol 22, Issue 1, p41
ISSN: 0034-6543
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.3102/00346543022001041

The School as a Social System.

Charters Jr., W. W.