1st Edition

Change Forces With A Vengeance

By Michael Fullan Copyright 2003
128 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

Change Forces With a Vengeance is the third in the chaos theory trilogy (now called complexity theory). The first two books focused on understanding the real complexity of educational reform in action. This book pushes even deeper by providing new insights and lessons of change concerning moral purpose, and what is called tri-level reform - the school and community, the local district and the... Read more
1. Moral Purpose in the New Millennium 2. Complexity and the Change Process 3. Capacity and the School Level 4. Capacity at the System Level 5. Sustaining Reform

Biography

Michael Fullan

Review of Change Forces: The Sequel'... the field of educational reform and change is now much richer and sophisticated than it was five years ago and as such, the new insights contained in the sequel are to be welcomed ... 'Change Forces: The Sequel' repeats this winning formula by providing an investigation of change that is contemporary and firmly located within global and post-modern context.' - British Journal of Educational Studies

'My respect for Michael Fullan and his work over the years makes me dangerously close to being classified as a groupie His two latest books illustrate his long-recognised and enviable skills as a writer with the capacity to clarify issues we've dimly known about, and bring them into startlingly clear focus Change Forces with a Vengeance is the final book in a trilogy that has been showing us more of the factors that can make change successful whether at the level of the school, the district (LEA) or the state and importantly, how they articulate with one another If you are a head of department, a deputy, a head, an LEA office or adviser or a DfES official, buy both.' - Tim Brighouse, Times Educational Supplement