Shared Sense-Making Processes Within a National Reform Implementation: Principals' Voices
Sherry Ganon-Shilon
Abstract:Looking through a social sense-making lens, this qualitative study explores the variability in 60 high school principals' perceptions and enactments of shared sense-making processes during a national reform implementation. Data analysis has yielded three major themes: (a) a common language; (b) a collaborative learning process; and (c) a shared working culture. Leveraging a shared sense-making process can serve as a beneficial framework through which principals and faculty members collectively navigate complex… Show more
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