Influence of School Culture on Teachers’ Commitment Towards Curriculum Change
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https://doi.org/10.55737/tk/v5i1.51125Keywords:
School Culture, Teacher Commitment, Curriculum Change, Valentine & Gruenert, Meyer & AllenAbstract
Cultural setting of a school and commitment of teachers with an organization plays a crucial role in the enactment of curriculum change initiatives. Successful implementation of the curriculum reforms is strongly linked with the level of teachers’ enthusiasm and the support they have. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of school culture on teachers’ commitment toward curriculum change contemplating the relationship between organizational health and one’s own commitment towards the profession. The study is quantitative in nature. The data was collected from 101 teachers of public and private schools of district Lahore. Descriptive and inferential statical techniques were used to analyze the strength and direction of relationships between school culture and commitment of teachers towards an organization. Results of the study revealed that teacher’s readiness towards curriculum change increases if they have collegial support and unity thus signifying the strong positive relationship between collaborative school culture and teachers’ affective commitment. Reciprocally, continuance commitment of the teachers is likely to increase just because of the non-existence of the collaborative school culture. The findings of the study suggested that successful execution of curriculum reform initiatives cannot be solely enacted through command and control but it requires bottom-up people centric approach. This study will help the school administration and leaders to diagnose and cope up with the downsides interfering their educational setup before introducing any major change in curriculum.
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