1st Edition

The Struggle for Change The Story of One School

By M. F. Wideen Copyright 1994
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1994. The story of Hansel and Gretel is familiar to many people. Most believe that the witch was wicked. But has this issue ever been seriously challenged? In the Introduction to this book, Marvin Wideen describes the day he saw this well-known fairy story being taught and through it draws us along a path of education reform in Lakeview School, British Columbia, and shows... Read more

Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Background Context: Promises and Problems 3. The Story of One School 4. The Substance of the Change 5. The People who Tried to Change what they Taught 6. The Unit of Change 7. Factors at Work 8. Reflections and Implications. Bibliography. Appendix A: One Student’s Story. Appendix B: Events, Changes and Influences Involved in the Project at Lakeview School. Appendix C: Report of Wendy Strachan. Appendix D: Notes on the Methodology

Biography

Wideen, M. F.