Value Orientation and Pupil Control Ideology of Public School Educators

Abstract

Schools are viewed as a special type of service organization in which neither the organization nor the client can exercise choice in organization-client relationship. Pupil control is identified as central to organizational life in schools. From a theoretical framework, educators' values are related to their pupil control ideologies. A. Ray Helsel is an Assistant Professor of Education at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.