Document Type
Issue Area One
Abstract
The topic of school-based shared decision-making is one which has captured the attention of educators throughout the nation. The meaning of the term varies nearly as much as those who speak about it. The rationale for why school-based shared decision-making should or should not exist is debated (sometimes rather heatedly) by those who would be responsible for its implementation as well as those who are responsible for the financial support of public education.
Ten position papers dealing with the benefits and pitfalls of school-based shared decision-making were developed in advance of this conference. These papers, along with comments made by keynote speaker Dr. Jerry Patterson, served as the vehicles to launch discussion on this topic.
Twenty benefits to school-based shared decision-making were quickly identified through the papers developed by the members of the task force. After these items were listed, discussion focused on the clustering of benefits into three major categories: (a) those benefits which seemed to support the individual; (b) benefits which support the larger group; and (c) "other" benefits which did not clearly cluster into a more specific category. Through dialogue which clarified the meanings of the individual statements, the list was refined to the following 14 benefits
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
5
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
8
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
Doud, James L. and Wrzeski, Ellyn
(1994)
"Issue Area One: The Impact of School-Based Shared Decision-Making: What are the Benefits and Pitfalls?,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 5:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol5/iss1/5
