Analysis of the capacity for school innovation from the perspective of secondary education teachers: The school as a learning organization
Abstract
It has been noted that an organization’s capacity for innovation is related to its culture and learning climate. Learning organizations are organizations with a type of culture open to change and innovation. For this reason, learning organizations constitute suitable models for schools. This work aims to analyze the impact of culture and the learning structure; two key characteristics of learning organizations that are key to the innovation capacity of schools. A quantitative study using an ad hoc questionnaire was conducted to gather information about the characteristics related to innovation processes in a sample of 221 secondary school teachers at 17 schools in Valencia. The results confirm the hypotheses that culture and learning structure affect the innovation capacity of schools. To enhance schools’ capacity for innovation, it is proposed that schools be organized around flexible structures with an open curriculum committed to change.Keywords
secondary school, college preparatory, teachers, school culture, educational innovationReferences
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