Document Type
Issue Area Four
Abstract
Shared decision-making is a complex concept whose goal is clear, but whose implementation is lost in the labyrinth of methodology. While most current researchers regard shared decision-making as a vital component in improving student performance, there does not seem to be wide consensus as to how to achieve the desired goal of implementing and integrating the process into our schools. As with many supposedly new educational concepts, shared decision-making is not new at all, but can trace its roots back to the days of John Dewey. Additionally, current researchers fall victim to the disease of nomenclaturitis, (i.e., the inability to agree on a standard set of terms with which to describe and define a concept or process). Phil Schlechty, in discussing this same problem with school restructuring, quoted Humpty Dumpty: 'When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean" (cited in Brandt, 1993, p. 9).
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
5
Issue
1
First Page
135
Last Page
139
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1994 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Milligan, Michael W.
(1994)
"Six Issues to Resolve for School-Based Shared Decision-Making,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 5:
No.
1, Article 39.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol5/iss1/39
