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Most research on school reform over the past several decades is characterized by three perspectives-the technological, political, and cultural (House, 1979; House, 1981). Studies based on these three perspectives account for a vast amount of the scholarly literature. An adequate understanding of school reform necessarily involves all three perspectives, though many reformers emphasize only one, a partial knowledge which often results in reform failure because of neglect of the other powerful factors. According to our analysis, successful school reform must be based on all three aspects. In this chapter, we outline the three perspectives and suggest how successful reforms embody an appreciation of all three.
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House, E.R., Mcquillan, P.J. (2005). Three Perspectives on School Reform. In: Lieberman, A. (eds) The Roots of Educational Change. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4451-8_11
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