The International Handbook of Educational Change, second edition, presents an updated collection of innovative ideas by leading thinkers in educational change. It addresses both theoretical and practical aspects, linking classical concerns with new insights driven by social change, making it an essential resource for educators and researchers alike.
Social mobility--the chance, through education, to achieve greater success compared to one's parents--is one of the most compelling issues of our time. In Moving , renowned professor, government adviser, and global change agent Andy Hargreaves shares candid, poignant and occasionally hilarious personal experiences of social mobility. Deeply revealing, emotionally direct, and intellectually insightful, the book begins in 1950s Northwest England and takes readers up to Hargreaves's university education in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Hargreaves openly shares how class movement has affected him throughout life, links his narrative to classic and contemporary research and realities, and calls on society to reverse the increasing levels of social immobility and inequity worldwide. Use this resource to inspire your work in increasing learning for every Preface and AcknowledgmentsTable of ContentsAbout the AuthorChapter 1: Move On UpChapter 2: No One Likes Us; We Don't CareChapter 3: How the Light GetsChapter 4: End of EdenChapter 5: Worlds ApartChapter 6: Higher LovesChapter 7: The Full MontyChapter 8: The Bigger PictureIndexEndnotes
This volume of the International Handbook of Educational Change deals with the idea and necessity of extending change - conceptually and in action. Extending educational change means making existing approaches to educational change work more effectively in more places, and deepening our understanding sensitivity to those whose interests are at stake. Who benefits and who loses? How do these interests and how we address them affect what kinds of changes we pursue? What challenges does all this pose for the change process itself?
Argues that in a world of growing complexity and rapid change, it is vital to forge strong, open and interactive relationships with communities beyond schools in order to bring about significant improvements in teaching and learning within schools.
Focusing on enhancing student well-being, this resource offers innovative strategies for educators, leaders, and policymakers. It presents actionable insights aimed at creating a supportive school environment, addressing the needs of students, and promoting mental health and resilience within educational settings.
Schools tend to focus on improving schools or remaking them anew rather than sustaining what has been created by past leaders. Similarly, leaders rarely think about how the improvements they make will survive their own departure. In this book, the authors examine what we know about making leadership last in schools.
The authors identify the principles of uplifting leadership, showing readers: how to identify and articulate an inspiring dream or destination that is coherently connected to the best of what the organization has been before;how to fight for and drive to achieve the realization of that dream with resilience and tenacity;how to take the opposite path to reaching that dream which opponents do not expect by heading into the winds of resistance;how to pursue the dream at a sustainable pace that does not squander resources, incur excessive debt or burn people out;how to navigate direction and monitor progress by using metrics and indicators in a mindful and meaningful way that everyone values and understands;how to build teams that pull people into change rather than pushing them through it; andhow to collaborate with competitors from time to time instead of trying to vanquish them altogether. Uplifting builds on the authors' original research of 17 corporations, organizations, and systems in business, sports and public education that dramatically improved their performance against unfavorable and even overwhelming odds. Their research answers: What does it take to do a lot with a little, better than you did, or better than your peers? How do you turn losses into wins, near-bankruptcy into strong profitability, and abject failure into stellar success?