The Structural
This dimension refers to how schools are structured, how roles are defined, and how time is allocated. All are important in facilitating and constraining educational opportunities. According to Eisner, the structural organization of schools has not changed much in the past one hundred years. We start school in September and end in June; school lasts twelve years with a prescribed curriculum for everyone; thirty students per class are taught by a single teacher; grades are given several times a year; and students are promoted to the next grade. Such a structure is restrictive.