Creating smarter schools through collaboration

• Published in: Journal of educational administration Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 247 - 272
• Main Authors: Tschannen-Moran, Megan, Uline, Cynthia, Woolfolk Hoy, Anita, Mackley, Timm
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Armidale MCB UP Ltd 2000; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Beliefs; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive Psychology; Collaboration; Decision making; Discourse Communities; Educational Change; Educational Facilities Improvement; Educational Improvement; Focus Groups; High Schools; Information Processing; Instructional Materials; Interpersonal Relationship; Interviews; Learning; Meetings; Organizational learning; Personal Autonomy; Principals; Psychology; Resistance (Psychology); School Organization; Student Diversity; Students; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Cognition; Organizational learning; Psychology; Partnering

Principles of cognitive psychology are considered, not primarily as they inform classroom practice, but as they inform school organization and administrative practice in schools. Theories of knowledge as distributed, social, situated, and based on prior beliefs and knowledge are applied to organizat...