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Fourth Way The Inspiring Future For Educational Change
Paperback Edition: 1
This book presents a compelling approach to lasting educational change informed by lessons learned and new successes worldwide! In an expressive and absorbing style, this penetrating volume offers a plan for viable and sustainable educational reform that reflects research on traditional methods and new findings
from successful school initiatives around the globe. Beginning with an incisive analysis of the three major educational change efforts of the past 25 years, Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley offer a plan that integrates government policy, professional involvement, and public engagement to create an environment of greater inclusiveness, security, and humanity. Drawing on "Four Horizons of Hope" - examples of promising implementation and practice - the book demonstrates how districts and schools can achieve dramatic improvement built on: Six Pillars of Purpose that support change; Three Principles of Professionalism that drive change; and, Four Catalysts of Coherence that sustain change. Written for educators, consultants, and administrators at the school and district level, The Fourth Way represents an innovative vision of educational change for meeting the dramatic problems and dynamic challenges facing educators in the 21st century.
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Pages : 143
Publisher : Corwin Press
Publication date : 2009-09
Subjects: Non-fiction, Education / Language / ESOL