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Supporting Teachers’ Work

Insights from a Study of Differentially Improving Schools in the United States

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Why are some schools more successful at improving student achievement than others? In trying to gain a better understanding of the myriad of factors within schools that impact student learning, I took an organizational perspective and looked closely at the culture of the school. Many researchers in recent years have begun to attribute variations in school processes to the effects of the organizational culture of the school.

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  1. University of Eastern Finland, Finland

    Eija Kimonen

  2. University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    Raimo Nevalainen

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Schoen, L.T. (2013). Supporting Teachers’ Work. In: Kimonen, E., Nevalainen, R. (eds) Transforming Teachers’ Work Globally. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-470-3_1

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