School as a Social System

Abstract

Social system notion which belongs to the systems theory has been elaborated comprehensively using its founders' ideas, and characteristics of schools have been explained consulting to this notion. The course of social system idea has been reviewed along with its relation to other systems. How researchers who assumes schools as social systems define the main components of the school has been reviewed.

Keywords

• social systems, systems theory, schools.

Bir Sosyal Sistem Olarak Okul

Öz

Sistemler kuramına ait olan sosyal sistem görüşü, kurucularının fikirlerinden yararlanılarak kapsamlı biçimde ele alınmış ve bu kuram ile okulların özellikleri açıklanmıştır. Sosyal sistem fikrinin gelişim süreci,diğer sistemlerle olan ilişkisiyle birlikte incelenmiştir. Okulları sosyal sistemler olarak ele alan araştırmacıların, okulun temel parçalarını nasıl tanımladıkları da ele alınmıştır. Sosyal sistem görüşü okulun insaniyönüne dikkat çekerek okulu kar amaçlı kurumlardan ayrı tutmuştur. Bu nedenle sosyal sistemler kuramıokulları en gerçekçi açıklayabilen modellerden birisi olagelmiştir. Bu savın arkasındaki varsayımlar incelenmiştir. Bu görüşün eğitim kurumlarında yürütülen araştırmalara ışık tutması mümkün görülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Sosyal sistemler, sistemler teorisi, okullar.

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