Teacher participation in decision making: The case of SMI schools in Hong Kong

Teacher participation in decision making: The case of SMI schools in Hong Kong

• Chan, Man Tak The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Ching, Yue Chor The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Cheng, Yin Cheong The Hong Kong Institute of Education

Education Journal, 25(2), 17-42, 1997

1997

• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RE School Management, School-Parents Relationship

School Management Initiative Teacher Participation Decision Making

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

As a form of school-based management (SBM), the School Management Initiative (SMI) reform in Hong Kong provides a framework for more teacher participation in decision making. This exploratory study aimed to provide a preliminary investigation of the characteristics of participative decision making in schools after implementing the SMI scheme by using a 3-dimensional model and both quantitative and qualitative methods. There were two SMI schools, two principals, and 105 teachers involved in the study. The findings revealed a deprivation state in decision making regarding issues of managerial and technical domains at individual, group and school levels in the sampled schools, but teachers in general had shown a positive attitude towards the opportunities for more participation provided with the implementation of the SMI scheme. Also there were strong interactions between decision domains and levels of decision issues in predicting teacherparticipation discrepancies. The characteristics of participation patterns revealed are interesting and can provide useful information for facilitating implementation of the SMI scheme and teacher participation in decision making. The findings support the usefulness of the 3-dimensional model in studying the patterns of participation in a larger sample of SBM schools, if not all, in both local and international contexts.
[Copyright © 1997 The Chinese University of Hong Kong.]

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