Normalizacja innowacyjności w szkole – normy kulturowe jako determinanty potencjału innowacyjnego nauczycieli

Abstrakt

The article attempts to analyze the issue of innovation from a cultural perspective in relation to teachers’ teams as one of the subcultures in the school’s organizational culture. Culture may facilitate or hinder the assimilation of innovations. The complex relationships between innovations and organizational culture, which constitutes the background for all initiatives undertaken in organizations, were shown. Attention was paid to grassroots innovation, directly related to theory and practice with an individual and social dimension, as a point of reference taking innovation, regarding the activities of schools, especially teachers. According to the introduced category called normalization of innovation – those aspects of cultural norms that are significant for the innovativeness of the teaching staff were identified and measured. The dynamics of changes in cultural norms corresponding to innovation, as well as in the organizational culture of teachers’ teams, were shown, emphasizing the importance of interpersonal relations, cooperation and leadership for the innovation potential of the members of organization. Among other things, a very clear change was found in teachers’ perception of teamwork, a greater interest in team problems, work comfort and professional development.