Digitale Medien im Schulsystem: Organisatorische Einbettung in Deutschland, den USA und Großbritannien

Summary Digital Media in School Systems: Organisational embedment in Germany, the USA and the United Kingdom Until now, new digital Media in schools and organisational reform have been treated as independent processes or only loosely linked in educational research. The co-ordination processes within schools and between schools, school districts and state departments of education are the major focus in this article. Using "organisational embeddedness" as a theoretical framework, the educational systems in three countries (Germany, United States and United Kingdom) are compared. This leads to main organisational factors which have to be taken into account, when new digital media shall play a sustaining role in educational change. The Technology Plan which is already compulsory in the U.S. and the U.K. is proposed as a coordinating instrument leading to a more structured and long-term educational reform process for the implementation and use of new digital media.