1st Edition

Change Matters Making a difference in education and training

By Geoff Scott Copyright 1999
256 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

While many books address the 'what' of change in education, this addresses the 'how'. The pressure for continuous adaptation and innovation in education is relentless, yet there is more failure in implementation of change than success. These failures are damaging to staff and students, as well as costly. Change Matters offers a practical guide to change management for teachers and... Read more
Tables and figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 How the change process in education works

2 Managing change in learning programs

3 Managing workplace improvement in education

4 Workplace research for continuous improvement and evaluation

5 The effective leader of change

6 Looking outwards and forwards in education

Conclusion

Glossary

Notes

Reference

Index

Biography

Associate Professor Geoff Scott is Quality Coordinator and Chair of the Flexible Learning Taskforce at the University of Technology, Sydney. He has taught postgraduate and undergraduate programs on change management in education and training in the School of Adult Education at the University of Technology, Sydney since 1983 and has lead many investigations into educational innovation at all levels of education.