Dream! create! sustain! : mastering the art and science of transforming school systems / Francis M. Duffy ; with contributions by Zengguan Chen ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duffy, Francis M. (Francis Martin), 1949-

Series:

Leading Systemic School Improvement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

School districts--United States.

School districts.

Educational leadership--United States.

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides change leaders in education with essential concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics for how to create and sustain whole-system change in their school systems.

Contents:

Contents; Prologue to Revolution; Acknowledgments; PART I: FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE FOR TRANSFORMING SCHOOL SYSTEMS; Chapter 1: Honoring the Past While Moving toward the Future; Chapter 2: Strapping Wings on a Caterpillar and Calling It a Butterfly: When Systemic Change Is Not Systemic; Chapter 3: Leadership for Transformational Change; Chapter 4: Chaos Theory and the Sciences of Complexity: Foundations for Transforming Education; PART II: MASTERING AWARENESS; Chapter 5: Paradigms, Mental Models, and Mind-Sets: Triple Barriers to Transformational Change in School Systems

Chapter 6: Scanning the External EnvironmentPART III: MASTERING DELIBERATE INTENTION; Chapter 7: The Power of Deliberate Intention; Chapter 8: Shaping the Future of Your School System; Chapter 9: The Learner-Centered Paradigm of Education; PART IV: MASTERING METHODOLOGY; Chapter 10: Systemic Transformation in Public School Systems; Chapter 11: Learning Management Systems; Chapter 12: The School System Transformation Protocol; Chapter 13: Seven Common Objections to Transformational Change and How to Respond; PART V: THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE

Chapter 14: The AECT FutureMinds Initiative: Transforming American SchoolSystemsChapter 15: A National Framework of Professional Standards for Change Leadership in Education; Epilogue: A Call to Action: Join the Revolution to Transform America's School Systems; Appendix A: Comparative Analysis of Change Leadership Competencies and Traits; Appendix B: A National Framework of Professional Standards for Change Leadership in Education; Appendix C: An Innovative Design for a Thirty-Credit Education Specialist Degree Program in Change Leadership in Education

Appendix D: Using Technology to Implement the Learner-Centered Paradigm of Teaching and LearningReferences; Index; About the Author and Contributors

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-28169-6

1-282-92304-8

9786612923043

1-60709-854-7

OCLC:

694772528