Systems thinkers in action : a field guide for effective change leadership in education / edited by Blane Després.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Després, Blane, 1954-

Series:

Leading systemic school improvement ; no. 10.

Leading systemic school improvement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Educational change.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

xvii, 276 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2008.

Summary:

A unique contribution to education, organizational dynamics, and systemic thinking, Systems Thinkers in Action: A Field Guide for Effective Change Leadership in Education presents a grand opportunity to forefront systems thinking and to hold up to the world examples of current systemic thinking and action relating to education in a broader social and global context. This book provides an insightful look into education in relation to a concept that has already been abuzz in science for a few decades and nearly two decades in business and therapy. Systems Thinkers in Action encourages and educates readers within the field and excites them about systemic thinking through examples and challenging ideas pertinent to education and its reform.

Contents:

Foreword / Michael Fullan

Introduction / Blane Després

Open systems theory and system dynamics: the twin pillars of transformational change in school districts / Francis M. Duffy

Chaos theory and the sciences of complexity: foundations for transforming education / Charles M. Reigeluth

Using systems thinking to improve twenty-first century schools / Bill Thornton and George Perreault

School improvement: a systemic view of what's missing and what to do about it / Howard S. Adelman and Linda Taylor

The crucible of reform: the search for systemic leadership / Thomas L. Alsbury

Leadership and the self-organizing school / David F. Bower

Strange attractors in school leadership / Sarah Smitherman Pratt and Angelle Stringer

Shared accountability: an organic approach / Carlos A. Torre and Charlene Voyce

Exploring the shape of change: utilizing the power of system dynamics in K-12 education / Lees Stuntz, P. Jeffrey Potash, and John F. Heinbokel

Culture, chaos and complexity: catalysts for change in indigenous education / Ray Barnhardt and Anagayuqaq Oscar Kawagley

Expanding the space of the possible: understanding knowledge, learning, and teaching as nested and recursively elaborative processes / Brent Davis

Conclusions and continued beginnings: application of the systemic factors inventory analysis matrix / Blane Després.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781578866595

1578866596

9781578866601

157886660X

OCLC:

145732876