Planning for educational change : putting people and their contexts first / Martin Wedell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wedell, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change--Great Britain.

Educational change.

Educational change--Great Britain--Case studies.

Educational planning--Great Britain.

Educational planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Continuum, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book highlights the current ideas about the what, why and how of educational change and what these suggest about the essential issues that change policy makers and planners need to consider. It analyses international case studies of change initiatives to illustrate how the change process can be affected when such issues are insufficiently acknowledged or ignored. Finally the book introduces a number of key questions for educational change practitioners to consider when they find themselves responsible for the planning and/or implementation and/or monitoring of changes within an institution

Contents:

Understanding educational change

What is educational change?

Initiating educational change

The implementation stage

Why educational changes fail

Case studies

A sudden need for English teachers

A change in teaching approach

Introducing a new subject in primary school

Planning to implement educational change : beginning at the beginning

Introducing ICT to support language teaching in one institution

Introducing a new national curriculum

Planning the development of a new initial teacher education curriculum

Setting the scene for successful change : beginning at the beginning.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612876837

9781282876835

128287683X

9781441192707

1441192700

OCLC:

680017890