Open AccessExamining the Organization of a Second Grade Classroom: An Action Research Analysis Using Human Resource and Structural Frames
Author(s) -
Karen Capraro
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1927-6117
DOI - 10.37119/ojs2017.v23i1.250
Subject(s) - restructuring , action (physics) , organizational structure , resource (disambiguation) , frame (networking) , human resources , action research , organizational theory , power structure , power (physics) , mathematics education , psychology , knowledge management , sociology , computer science , management , business , computer network , telecommunications , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , economics , ethnography , anthropology
This paper presents an examination and analysis of the restructuring of the organization of a second grade classroom housed in a laboratory school setting. During the 2014-2015 academic year, the traditional power structure of teacher as ultimate authority with students positioned as subordinates was explored. Using action research and the application of frame theory the organizational structure of the second grade classroom is considered using human resource and structural frames. Keywords: organization; power, elementary; structure; human resource