Journal Article

·2012 OPEN ACCESS

Obstacles to Change in Educational Organization and Methods to Overcome these Obstacles: Views of Principals

Esra Çakmak YTU , Hasan Basri Gündüz YTU

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Abstract

Abstract The aim of this research is to reveal the obstacles to change and methods to overcome these obstacles which the administrators encounter in educational organizations. In this research, extreme or deviant sampling a kind of qualitative research method is used. Administrators of school A located in a very low socio-economic neighbourhood called Esenler is chosen for the study. Encountered obstacles emphasized by all of five administrators are as follow; “the lack of economic sources, the pressure of the other neighbour school, heavy bureaucracy, lack of perceptions and agreements between organizations.

Keywords

Mathematics education Computer science Psychology Sociology Political science Process management Engineering

Subject Areas

Educational Leadership and Administration ·Education ·Social Sciences
Teacher Professional Development and Motivation ·Education ·Social Sciences
Human Behavior and Motivation ·Applied Psychology ·Social Sciences

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