Moving Change: Evolutionary Perspectives on Educational Change

摘要: The recognition that the implementation of changes in professional beliefs and knowledge, behaviors, organizational conditions, outcomes people working schools school systems takes place over time is a fundamental precept educational change theory, research, practice. aim this chapter to provide concise overview significant conceptual tools developed by education theorists for describing, studying, explaining process as it plays out at different levels – e.g., individual, program, school, system. Given volume published research on past 50 years, perhaps surprising our understanding dimensions remains limited few core concepts once articulated have assumed taken-for-granted status. This revisits these concepts, highlights key areas debate or lack clarity, suggests further regarding processual nature change, particularly terms stage phase theories time. For each level considered, reference made sources literature prevailing models temporal process. While other publications might been selected, chosen because they are widely cited applied draw attention many ideas issues thinking about evolves through identifiable personal stages phases