Change Wars

by Michael Fullan (Editor), Andy Hargreaves (Editor)

Overview

What can organizations do to create changes that are both profound and enduring? This anthology explores why traditional change strategies have failed and examines constructive alternatives. International experts prove successful change can be a realistic goal. Real examples of pilot projects, model schools, and other groundbreaking endeavors illustrate precisely how theory translates into practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934009772
Publisher:	Solution Tree Press
Publication date:	08/03/2009
Series:	Leading Edge
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

About the Editors vii Introduction: Change Wars: A Hopeful Struggle Andy Hargreaves Michael Fullan 1 Chapter 1 The Fourth Way of Change: Towards an Age of Inspiration and Sustainability Andy Hargreaves 11 Chapter 2 Teaching and the Change Wars: The Professionalism Hypothesis Linda Darling-Hammond 45 Chapter 3 From System Effectiveness to System Improvement: Reform Paradigms and Relationships Sir Michael Barber 71 Chapter 4 International Benchmarking as a Lever for Policy Reform Andreas Schleicher 97 Chapter 5 Industrial Benchmarking: A Research Method for Education Marc S. Tucker 117 Chapter 6 The Music of Democracy: Emerging Strategies for a New Era of Post-Standardization Dennis Shirley 135 Chapter 7 Preparing for the New Majority: How Schools Can Respond to Immigration and Demographic Change Pedro A. Noguera 163 Chapter 8 When Politics and Emotion Meet: Educational Change in Racially Divided Communities Jonathan D. Jansen 185 Chapter 9 Engaging Practice: School Leadership and Management From a Distributed Perspective James P. Spillane 201 Chapter 10 Institutions, Improvement, and Practice Richard F. Elmore 221 Chapter 11 Level-Five Networks: Making Significant Change in Complex Organizations Douglas Reeves 237 Chapter 12 Reform Without (Much) Rancor Ben Levin 259 Chapter 13 Have Theory, Will Travel: A Theory of Action for System Change Michael Fullan 275