Las micropolíticas del cambio educativo
Resumen
Este artículo de Joe Blase se centra en la micropolítica del cambio educativo, un área emergente de la investigación educativa. Después de una breve revisión de la literatura teórica relevante, se discute la micropolítica de la estabilidad y del cambio. Los estudios generales seleccionados se describen para ilustrar la omnipresencia de la micropolítica en la vida escolar.
Los estudios micropolíticos de las reformas de los 80 y 90 y los estudios generales de la reestructuración escolar en los noventa son igualmente revisados. Estas revisiones se emplean para demostrar la tesis central de este trabajo: La micropolítica es una dimensión fundamental del cambio escolar en general y, más específicamente, un núcleo central de la mayoría de
enfoques de la reestructuración. Se describe un marco de ideas para la investigación futura sobre la micropolítica del cambio escolar. Semejante investigación es necesaria porque actualmente contamos con pocos estudios de este fenómeno.
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