Unit 2 - Definition of School Culture

Question 1

What is characterized by deeply rooted traditions, values, and beliefs, some of which are common across schools and some some of which are unique and embedded in a particular school’s history and location?

Answer 1

School culture

Question 2

This informs how “things get done around here” and, just as important, frames how change efforts are perceived.

Answer 2

Culture

Question 3

Based in accumulated experiences, a school’s rules and regulations, policies, and procedures, whether written or informal, are the lasting _____ of old organizational lessons (Kruse & Louis, 2009).

Answer 3

artifacts

Question 4

Schein (1985) defines school culture as a complex web of _____ and _____ built over time as teachers, students, parents, and administrators work together and deal with _____ and _____.

Answer 4

traditions; rituals; crises; accomplishments

Question 5

The term culture in the school context refers to the basic _____, _____, and _____ that the members of a school community share.

Answer 5

assumptions; beliefs; practices

Question 6

These assumptions, beliefs, and practices affect how a school views _____ and its _____.

Answer 6

itself; environment

Question 7

[Assumptions, beliefs, and practices] shape [a school’s] _____ and how it functions.

Answer 7

operations

Question 8

School culture affects the way people in a school _____, _____, and _____ (Starrat, 1993).

Answer 8

think; perform; learn

Question 9

Waller (1993) opined that schools have a _____ that is definitely their own.

Answer 9

culture

Question 10

There are, in the school, complex _____ of personal relationships, a set of folkways, mores, irrational sanctions, and a moral code based upon them.

Answer 10

rituals

Question 11

There are games, which are _____, teams, and an elaborate set of _____ concerning them.

Answer 11

sublimated wars; ceremonies

Question 12

_____ and _____ are waging their world-old battle against innovators.

Answer 12

Traditions; traditionalists