Lecture One: A world of change Week Four
> Change In Perspective... How old is Grandma?
...she is 68! So, how much has the world changed?
> The 3 dimensions of change
> Barriers to change
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> The Power of the Collective
The best-performing educational systems all have built their change strategies on systemic approaches that rely on collective professional and institutional (or social capital) development, enhanced conditions for teaching and learning for all, and more equal educational opportunities within their education systems. (Pasi Sahlberg) > Change: "Re-inventing knowing"
In other words, think differently, i.e. change and start to re-invent what we know and how we implement...
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> The Theory of Change (Malcom Gladwell, 1999)
The rule of the vital few
The stickiness factor
The power of context
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> How does change start?
With the few, the innovators, the early adopters, then the friends and colleagues come along, begin to adopt that same change, and then as it flows through the system, the early majority. (John Macbeath) |
> Closing thought