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‘Change happens by degree, not by decree’ Spanbauer. Change management for School Improvement. Learning is changing your mind M.Fullan. Response-ability. Nature of change. 1st order Technical improvements e.g. word processing, pocket calculators, 90’ slots,
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Nature of change • 1st order • Technical improvements e.g. word processing, pocket calculators, 90’ slots, • 2nd order • Adaptive change e.g. new textbook, merger • 3rd order • Paradigm shift (= changing your mind) e.g. introducing self-directed learning • only through (un)learning
Blueprint approach 1st & 2nd order Developmental approach 3rd order Impose Tell and sell Negotiate Learn Approaches & strategies
e.g. Introducing self-directed learning • Individual work & Group work • coaching
Group work • Group work is surface feature. It is an externalisation of a.o.the following principles: • Knowledge construction (creating shared meaning) • Learning from each other (Zone of proximal) development • Learning with each other (Socialisation, consensus seeking, active listening, positive interdependence)) • Oral interaction (communicative competence)
Coaching • Do teachers believe in the coaching model of learning? • Do teachers have the necessary competence & skills to coach pupils? • Teachers will not properly coach pupils if they are not being coached themselves • This has an impact on the whole school ethos • E.g. error tolerance • E.g. Relationships among people
School ethos • The moral purpose of education • Responsibility • Towards the whole learner • Towards all learners • Towards society • Shared Responsibility • Not customers but stakeholders
Change and improvement • Change equals improvement when it benefits the learners, and these benefits rub off on the other stakeholders.
Response-ability • Complex organisms • Ecologic approach • Delicate balance • Interrelated factors • Not rational logical mechanical process • Cause - effect • Tools/instruments • techniques
change = learning + action Change happens when you develop new knowledge and then act upon it
Assignment • Discuss change process you’re involved in: 1st, 2nd or 3rd order? • What change strategies do you consider to be effective?