The human side of school change : reform, resistance, and the real-life problems of innovation / Robert Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Robert, 1944-

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Jossey-Bass education series

The Jossey-Bass education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change.

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

xvii, 317 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2001.

Summary:

In this insightful look at school reform, Robert Evans examines the real-life hurdles to implementing innovation and explains how the best-intended efforts can be stalled by educators who too often feel burdened and conflicted by the change process. He provides a new model of leadership along with practical management strategies for building a framework of cooperation between leaders of change and the people they depend upon to implement it.

Contents:

Part one: The nature of change

Changing paradigms

The meanings of change

The culture of resistance

Part two: Dimensions of change

Implementation: Tasks of transition

Substance: New agendas, old problems

Staff: Understanding reluctant faculty

Setting: Assessing organizational capacity

Leadership: Old paradoxes, new promise

Part three: Leading innovation

The authentic leader

Clarity and focus: The power of concentration

Participation

Without paralysis

Recognition: Reversing the golden rule

Confrontation: Avoiding avoidance

Reach and realism, experience and hope.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-309) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0787956112

OCLC:

45735700