This important book takes a fresh look at educational change - a concept which is in frequent use but rarely examined for the variety of meanings it conveys. It brings together the ideas of major educational change theorists from three continents, and invites the reader to explore the idea of educational change at a number of levels and from a variety of perspectives.
There is much talk about the pace of social change in, and the growing complexity of, industrial societies. In this book a number of well-known international researchers attempt to analyse the meaning of contemporary social change for education.
Particular emphasis is given to the implications for:
* the personal and social development of students * schools as organizations * the school curriculum * the teaching profession * educational policy formation * education research
Notes on contributors vii Introduction 1(10) Herbert Altrichter Part I Educational change and policy formation 11(42) Economic change, educational policy formation and the role of the state 13(7) Ernest R. House How education became nobodys business 20(17) Barry Macdonald Developing under developing circumstances: the personal and social development of students and the process of schooling 37(16) John Schostak Part II The relationship between social and educational change 53(32) Community, school change and strategic networking 55(11) Peter Posch Social change and the individual: changing patterns of community and the challenge for schooling 66(9) Marie Brennan Susan Noffke Social change, subject matter - and the teacher 75(10) J. Myron Atkin Part III Conceptualizing school change processes 85(38) Changing school cultures 87(12) Christine Finnan Henry M. Levin Some elements of a micro-political theory of school development 99(12) Herbert Altrichter Stefan Salzgeber Changing conceptions of action research 111(12) Bridget Somekh Part IV Preparing teachers for creative engagement with educational change 123(50) Reflective education and school culture: the socialization of student teachers 125(11) Angel Perez Gomez Case study and case records: a conversation about the Hathaway Project 136(10) Susan Groundwater Smith Rob Walker Experts of the future? 146(13) Christine OHanlon Teacher control and the reform of professional development 159(14) Lawrence Ingvarson Overview 173(48) Towards a synoptic vision of educational change in advanced industrial societies 175(46) John Elliott Index 221
Herbert Altrichter is Professor of Education and Head of Department at the University of Linz, Austria. He is author of Teachers Investigate their Work (Routledge 1993).
John Elliott is Professor of Education in the Centre for Applied Research in Education at the University of East Anglia. He is author of Action Research for Educational Change (Open University Press 1991) and The Curriculum Experiment (Open University Press 1997).
