EDUCATIONAL SYNERGY AND INSTITUTIONAL HARMONY FOR BETTERMENT: GUIDING NOTICE FOR CURRICULUM LEADERS

ABSTRACTIncreasing the quality of education at schools has always been one of the ambitionseducational leaders desire to approach systematically. Therefore, successfulschools have always been placed under the spotlight; while examining how successfulthey happened to be and what steps were taken towards becoming a successfulschool. This study proposes educational synergy and institutional harmony as thekey to success and draws attention to these concepts as the projection of successfulschools. Having mentioned the significance of creating a synergy and harmony andpronouncing Hall's Three-Dimensional Model of Culture, the problem of mentalityfossilization at various levels is discussed. Then, the concept of mentality change isproposed as a solution to the problem.Key Concepts:  IYILESTIRME CALISMALARINDA EĞITIM SINERJISI VEKURUMSAL UYUM: MUFREDAT LIDERLERI ICIN YONLENDIRMECIUYARILAROZETEğitim liderleri icin okullardaki eğitimin niteliğinin arttırılması her zamansistematik yaklasılan bir amac olagelmistir. Bu nedenle basarılı okullarhep mercek altına alınmıslar; bir yandan nasıl basarılı oldukları incelenirken,ote yandan basarılı olma yolunda hangi adımların atıldığı belirlenmeyecalısılmıstır. Bu calısma eğitim sinerjisini ve kurumsal uyumu basarınıniki onemli anahtarı olarak onermekte ve basarılı okulların bir izdusumuolarak bu kavramlara dikkat cekmektedir. Sinerjinin olusturulması veuyumun sağlanması icin atılabilecek adımlar tartısıldıktan ve Hall'in Uc-Boyutlu Kultur Modeli belirtildikten sonra anlayı fosillesmesi kavramtemelliolasısorunları değsik duzlemleri ifade edilmekte ve bu sorunsalacozum olarak anlayı değsimi kavramıileri surulmektedir.Anahtar Kavramlar:  Eğitim sinerjisi, kurumsal uyum, anlayıs fosillesmesi,anlayıs değisimi, yapıcı iletisim, faydacı etkilesim, kapsayıcı okul.Educational synergy, institutional harmony, mentality fossilization,mentality change, constructive communication, beneficiary interaction, inclusiveschool.

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