Fundamental Change

This book offers a state-of-the-art collection of the most important ideas and evidence of educational change, bringing together some of today's most influential thinkers and writers on the topic. This book functions at three levels: macro educational change at the societal level; large scale initiatives based on particular reform strategies; and fundamental reform in the profession of teaching itself. It deals with issues like educational innovation, reform, restructuring, culture-building, inspection, school-review, and change management. School leaders, system administration, teacher leaders, consultants, facilitators, educational researchers, staff developers and change agents of all kinds will find these volumes an indispensable resource for guiding them to both classic and cutting-edge understanding of educational change. Like other volumes in the series, this book brings together evidence and insights on educational change issues from leading writers and researchers in the field from across the world.

Brings together evidence and insights on educational change issues from leading writers and researchers in the field from across the world Will help educators understand and deal effectively with the immensely complex change problems that are customary today Each of the four volumes of this Handbook of Educational Change forms state-of-the-art collections of analyses of eductional change processes and practices

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Macro Change.- Beyond Bloom's Taxonomy: Rethinking Knowledge for the Knowledge Age.- Human Development in the Learning Society.- Educational Reform Networks: Changes in the Forms of Reform.- Educational Change in Japan: School Reforms.- National Strategies for Educational Reform: Lessons from the British Experience Since 1988.- Quality in Schools: Developing a Model for School Improvement.- School Administration In Russia: Centralization Versus Decentralization.- Large Scale Strategies for School Change.- Accelerated Schools: A Decade of Evolution.- Systemic Reform in a Federal System: The National Schools Project.- Large-Scale Change: The Comer Perspective.- New Roles for Community Services in Educational Reform.- Professional Development for Reform.- Teacher Unions and Educational Reform.- Teacher Development and Educational Reform.- Norms and Politics of Equity-Minded Change: Researching the Zone of Mediation.- Restructuring Schools for Improving Teaching.- Teaching Standards: Foundations for Professional Development Reform.