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Cultural and political limitations within a rational approach towards educational change
Author(s) -
Gibbs Andy
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1991.tb01623.x
Subject(s) - status quo , ideology , politics , power (physics) , process (computing) , curriculum , control (management) , political change , sociology , rational planning model , social psychology , psychology , political science , economics , computer science , pedagogy , management , law , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
This paper considers the use of a rational curriculum planning model within nurse education It suggests that the process of change within the model is oversimplified and mechanistic As such it denies or ignores the experience of individuals involved in the change process by reducing their personal, cultural and political realities to a level of ideological control The unrestrained or unmodified application of a rational approach may, by this control, inhibit the development of change arising from subjective experiences It may further be viewed as a political strategy which benefits powerful groupings within the school thus institutionalizing this power and maintaining the status quo in terms of power and influence