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Leading Curriculum Change

Explore insights and strategies to develop a modern curriculum for 21st-century learning. Discover the impact of technology, societal shifts, and global challenges on educational practices, with a focus on fostering critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity. Learn how to lead innovation, empower teachers, and create a culture that embraces change in education.

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Leading Curriculum Change

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  1. Leading Curriculum Change John West-Burnham

  2. Why Change? • From 19th Century schools to 21st Century education • Learning for the 21st Century • The impact of information technology • Social change • Economic change • A new political order • Global warming

  3. Educating for the 21st Century • From information to knowledge • From content to skills and qualities • Literacy and numeracy as the core A new curriculum • Thinking, problem solving and decision making • Self management • Working with others, emotional literacy • Managing information, ICT • Creativity

  4. Rethinking the Curriculum

  5. Developing a Curriculum for the 21st Century • Build on existing strengths • Empower teachers to use professional judgement • Rethink the learning process • Recognise the changing context of schools • See schooling as a cumulative process

  6. From managing change to leading innovation

  7. Levels of change Shallow Deep Profound

  8. Fallacies in the management of change • Change is linear • Change is predictable • Change can be controlled • Change can be managed

  9. The 6i’s • Introspection • Investigation • Inclusion • Innovation • Implementation • Insight Philadelphia School of the Future Microsoft Innovative Schools Program

  10. The qualities of change leaders • A commitment to personal change • Comfort with complexity and ambiguity • High moral confidence • A compelling vision • Interpersonal engagement • A willingness to challenge authority • Personal resilience and sustainability

  11. Change as an emotional experience • Investment in the status-quo • Life histories • Psychological contracts • Cultural imperatives

  12. Creating a culture for innovation • Alignment on purpose and values • High trust – a learning community • Collaboration and interdependence • Openness to innovation and risk • Shared leadership • Celebration

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