Images of educational change / edited by Herbert Altrichter and John Elliott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Altrichter, Herbert.

Elliott, John, Dip. Phil. Ed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change.

School management and organization.

Education--Social aspects.

Education.

Physical Description:

x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2000.

Summary:

This important book takes a fresh look at educational change -- a concept which is on frequent use but rarely examined for the variety of meanings it conveys. It brings together the ideas of major educational change theorists from three continents, and invites the reader to explore the idea of educational change at a number of levels and from a variety of perspectives.

There is much talk about the pace of social change in, and the growing complexity of, industrial societies. In this book a number of well-known international researchers attempt to analyze the meaning of contemporary social change for education.

Particular emphasis is given to the implications for, the personal and social development of students, schools as organizations, the school curriculum, the teaching profession, educational policy formation, and educational research.

Contents:

Part I Educational change and policy formation 11

1 Economic change, educational policy formation and the role of the state / Ernest R. House 13

2 How education became nobody's business / Barry MacDonald 20

3 Developing under developing circumstances: the personal and social development of students and the process of schooling / John Schostak 37

Part II The relationship between social and educational change 53

4 Community, school change and strategic networking / Peter Posch 55

5 Social change and the individual: changing patterns of community and the challenge for schooling / Marie Brennan, Susan Noffke 66

6 Social change, subject matter

and the teacher / J. Myron Atkin 75

Part III Conceptualizing school change processes 85

7 Changing school cultures / Christine Finnan, Henry M. Levin 87

8 Some elements of a micro-political theory of school development / Herbert Altrichter, Stefan Salzgeber 99

9 Changing conceptions of action research / Bridget Somekh 111

Part IV Preparing teachers for creative engagement with educational change 123

10 Reflective education and school culture: the socialization of student teachers / Angel Perez Gomez 125

11 Case study and case records: a conversation about the Hathaway Project / Susan Groundwater Smith, Rob Walker 136

12 Experts of the future? / Christine O'Hanlon 146

13 Teacher control and the reform of professional development / Lawrence Ingvarson 159

14 Towards a synoptic vision of educational change in advanced industrial societies / John Elliott 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0335201881

033520189X

OCLC:

42061194