Abstract

This study aims to assess the institutionalization of a major reform in the faculties of education in Turkey in the 1990s. A survey was administered to faculty members in eight faculties of education in the academic year 2005–2006. Factor analysis, t-tests and ANOVAs, and OLS regressions were used. Findings indicate that the most problematic area of re-structuring was “program change” caused by coercive pressures. The study concludes that institutionalization of the re-structuring has not yet been fully achieved, and an alternative re-structuring process is proposed. All three types of pressures were related and they influence one another. Normative pressures were found to be more powerful in this type of re-structuring process.

Citation

Aypay, A. & Sezer Kalayci, S. (2008). Assessing institutionalization of educational reforms. International Journal of Educational Development, 28(6), 723-736. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved March 24, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/196434/.

Keywords

• change
• Coercive
• Cognitive pressure
• curriculum reform
• educational development
• Institutionalization
• Normative pressure
• teacher education