Educational reform implementation
Subtitle: a co-constructed process
By: Amanda Datnow, Lea Hubbard, Hugh Mehan.
Contributors: Mehan, Hugh, 1941-; Hubbard, Lea, 1946-; Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence
Series: Research report -- no. 5; Research report (Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence) -- no. 5
Publisher: Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Santa Cruz, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Educational change -- Florida; Educational change -- Kentucky
Other titles: Co-constructed process
Description: A report on two CREDE projects, the study of the implementation of six reform efforts in "Sunland County," and the study of the implementation of the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) untracking program in Kentucky. Five important considerations mark the reform implementation process: reform efforts in schools do not succeed on simple technical considerations alone, the agency of educators is part of a complex dynamic, the implementation process is viewed differently from different perspectives, the culture of the school mediates educators' actions and structural constraints, and school-site educators do not respond to design team or government actions passively and automatically.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-17)