Evaluation of Public Schools in Context of Learning Organization Characteristics

Abstract

A learning organization is an environment where people constantly increase their capacity to create the results they really want, new ways of thinking are nurtured, shared dreams are freely discussed, and joint learning is constantly practiced. A learning school is not only a school where students actively participate in the teaching process, but also a school where students learn to learn as a process, an achievement. In the learning school, no distinction is made between the teacher and the student, the stakeholders at every level of the institution are the implementers and distributors of the learning process. School as a learning organization is an organization that "learns together", can control itself with a "cybernetic" approach, where creativity, change and continuity are the basic principles, and learning becomes a lifestyle. In this study, first of all, the concept of learning organization was defined, the characteristics of the learning organization were explained, the disciplines of learning organizations were summarized, and suggestions were developed by evaluating public schools in the context of learning organization characteristics.