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Herndon, Janet.

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Keeping the peace: A grounded theory of school board work in rural Florida.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Keeping the peace: A grounded theory of school board work in rural Florida./
Author:	Herndon, Janet.
Description:	141 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-05, Section: A, page: 1728.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-05A.
Subject:	Education, Sociology of. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3135181
ISBN:	0496824058

Keeping the peace: A grounded theory of school board work in rural Florida.
Herndon, Janet.

Keeping the peace: A grounded theory of school board work in rural Florida. - 141 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-05, Section: A, page: 1728.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 2004.

The purpose of this study was to describe school board member perceptions of their goals, problems, adjustments, and accomplishments. Five questions guided the research: (1) How do school board candidates define school board work while running for election and what do they hope to accomplish once in office? (2) What work do school board members actually do once elected and how does this work differ from candidates' pre-election expectations? (3) Do school board members adjust to the reality of their work and how do they perceive those adjustments? (4) What factors facilitate or inhibit the accomplishment of their desired goals? (5) How effective are school board members in matters related to governance and school improvement?

ISBN: 0496824058Subjects--Topical Terms:

626654
Education, Sociology of.

Keeping the peace: A grounded theory of school board work in rural Florida.
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520 $a The purpose of this study was to describe school board member perceptions of their goals, problems, adjustments, and accomplishments. Five questions guided the research: (1) How do school board candidates define school board work while running for election and what do they hope to accomplish once in office? (2) What work do school board members actually do once elected and how does this work differ from candidates' pre-election expectations? (3) Do school board members adjust to the reality of their work and how do they perceive those adjustments? (4) What factors facilitate or inhibit the accomplishment of their desired goals? (5) How effective are school board members in matters related to governance and school improvement?
520 $a Data were collected over four years from 11 participants in three demographically similar rural Florida districts using in-depth interviews, observations, and document reviews. Ethnographic and grounded theory data-analysis indicated that the nature of school board work revolved around a single cultural theme that board members use to organize their behavior and interpret their experience. This theme explains what board members do and why they do it and predicts new member experiences, behaviors, and perceptions of board work.
520 $a Keeping the peace---the district's political peace and a school board member's psychological peace---is the theme that helps explain school board work. Three implementing sub-themes, "giving up" original goals, "giving in" to a critical and demanding public, and "giving over" support to the superintendent, further explain the work.
520 $a Two contrasting board member ideal types demonstrate two competing models of governance: the corporate-bureaucratic governance model and a democratic governance model. Keeping the peace discourages practices that a democratic theory of governance demands and poses a threat to citizen control of the schools. Board members face a dilemma: to keep the peace or to keep faith in democratic principles of governance. This study proposes how school board work could function if it were guided by the principles of democratic theory, making democratic principles both the means and the ends of board work.
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