The Challenges of Educational Change

Drawing on a five-phase model of the change process, this book uses real world examples to examine the discovery, design, development, implementation, and sustaining of educational innovations and improvements.

Class-tested and field-tested, The Challenges of Educational Change provides the most comprehensive and recent examination of research and practice related to educational change. This book is designed for challenge and reform courses in schools of education as well as policy and organizational behavior courses. It addresses the main challenges of change—how to lead, evaluate, and explain educational change. In order to effect change, people need to understand how it occurs and what is most and least likely to occur. By learning how to evaluate change, students will gain valuable skills in addition to learning how that change is created.

“I found the comprehensive nature of this book refreshing, instead of focusing in on a limited number of ideas, this scholarly book presents a wide spectrum of theories and research findings that undergird the complexities inherent in educational change.”

Tony Rigazio-Digilio
Central Connecticut State University

“This is a thoughtfully written text that can easily be utilized in an academic/university setting as well as in the field by practitioners. The use of case studies and storytelling truly complement the author's discussion and ideas. ”

Whitney Sherman
Georgia State University

Drawing on a five-phase model of the change process, this book uses real world examples to examine the discovery, design, development, implementation, and sustaining of educational innovations and improvements.

Class and field-tested, The Challenges of Educational Change provides the most comprehensive and current examination of research and practice related to educational change. This book is designed for change and reform courses in schools of education as well as policy and organizational behavior courses. It addresses the main challenges of change, including how to lead, evaluate, and explain educational change. In order to effect change, people need to understand how it occurs and what is most and least likely to occur. The book blends practical advice on how and how not to go about educational change with theoretical perspectives on describing, explaining and evaluating change. By learning how to evaluate the process and outcomes, students will gain valuable skills in addition to learning how change is created.