Abstract
In this article the author presents a theoretical refl ection of school culture. The fi rst part of the article deals with some historical and methodological issues of the term "culture" from sociology, anthropology and psychology point of view.
The second part of the text analyses the concept of school culture from the perspective og its functions, typologies and models. its instability and change are also presented here. At the end the author mentions some researches which deal with school culture and also points out the need to study it more thouroughly from theoretical and practical perspective.