Overcoming Inertia in School Reform: How to Successfully Implement Change

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Corwin Press, 5. mars 2002 - 217 sider

This insightful guide features concrete steps and suggestions that shed new light on the obstacles to avoid, the problems to correct, and the methods to embrace in order to overcome inertia and foster positive educational reform.

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The Role of Inertia Theory in Education
1
When Is Change a Good Idea Rather Than a Bad Idea?
9
The Books Structure
16
Members of the External Support System
34
Conclusion
50
Evaluation Techniques
85
The Internal Support System
103
Management
115
The External Support System
143
Political Forces
161
Economic Conditions
179
A Practical Use for Inertia Theory
195
References
205
Index
211
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213
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Services
133

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Overcoming Inertia in School Reform: How to Successfully Implement Change
R. Murray Thomas
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R. Murray Thomas
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R. Murray Thomas (Ph.D., Stanford University) is an emeritus professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where for three decades he taught educational psychology and directed the program in international education. He began his 50-year career in education as a high school teacher at Kamehameha Schools and Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, then continued at the college level at San Francisco State University, the State University of New York (Brockport), and Pajajaran University in Indonesia before moving to Santa Barbara. His professional publications exceed 340, including 46 books for which he served as author, coauthor, or editor.

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TittelOvercoming Inertia in School Reform: How to Successfully Implement Change
Overcoming Inertia in School Reform: How to Successfully Implement Change, Robert Murray Thomas
ForfatterR. Murray Thomas
UtgiverCorwin Press, 2002
ISBN076194592X, 9780761945925
Lengde217 sider
  
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