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Sources of knowledge used in the development of school charters

Collie, Rosalie ( 1995)

The Department of School Education, Victoria, introduced an innovative program of reform which it titled "Schools of the Future." A critical document in this program is the School Charter, an agreement between the Department of School Education and the local school and its community. The School Charter outlines the schools operation over the succeeding three years. A School Charter is a totally new concept in Victoria, which creates some difficulties in selecting sources of knowledge to be used in its development. This thesis explores the ways in which eight Victorian primary schools, from a similar geographic area, went about the task of creating their school charters. It looks at types of knowledge most used, identifies patterns of use of knowledge and differences in patterns of use between schools in the first intake to the Schools of the Future program and schools in the second intake. A theoretical framework, outlining links between change processes and available sources of knowledge is presented. This framework serves as a basis for the analysis of research data.