1. The document discusses several organizational theories and how they relate to educational organizations, including institutional theory, population ecology, resource dependency theory, and structural contingency theory. 2. Institutional theory explains how organizations become similar over time through coercive, mimetic, and normative isomorphism. In education, this can be seen through processes like accreditation standards and the spread of teaching styles between professors. 3. Structural contingency theory focuses on how organizational structure depends on contingencies in the environment. For classrooms, relevant contingencies include learning objectives, assessment techniques, and available technologies. The theory suggests different classroom structures may be best suited to different contexts.