Dream! create! sustain! [[electronic resource] ] : mastering the art and science of transforming school systems / / Francis M. Duffy ; with contributions by Zengguan Chen ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459272503321
• Autore: Duffy Francis M (Francis Martin), <1949->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-92304-8; 9786612923043; 1-60709-854-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Collana: Leading Systemic School Improvement
• Disciplina: 371.2/070973
• Soggetti: School improvement programs - United States; School districts - United States; Educational leadership - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Prologue to Revolution; Acknowledgments; PART I: FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE FOR TRANSFORMING SCHOOL SYSTEMS; Chapter 1: Honoring the Past While Moving toward the Future; Chapter 2: Strapping Wings on a Caterpillar and Calling It a Butterfly: When Systemic Change Is Not Systemic; Chapter 3: Leadership for Transformational Change; Chapter 4: Chaos Theory and the Sciences of Complexity: Foundations for Transforming Education; PART II: MASTERING AWARENESS; Chapter 5: Paradigms, Mental Models, and Mind-Sets: Triple Barriers to Transformational Change in School Systems; Chapter 6: Scanning the External EnvironmentPART III: MASTERING DELIBERATE INTENTION; Chapter 7: The Power of Deliberate Intention; Chapter 8: Shaping the Future of Your School System; Chapter 9: The Learner-Centered Paradigm of Education; PART IV: MASTERING METHODOLOGY; Chapter 10: Systemic Transformation in Public School Systems; Chapter 11: Learning Management Systems; Chapter 12: The School System Transformation Protocol; Chapter 13: Seven Common ; Objections to Transformational Change and How to Respond; PART V: THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE; Chapter 14: The AECT FutureMinds Initiative: Transforming American SchoolSystemsChapter 15: A National Framework of Professional Standards for Change Leadership in Education; Epilogue: A Call to Action: Join the Revolution to Transform America's School Systems; Appendix A: Comparative Analysis of Change Leadership Competencies and Traits; Appendix B: A National Framework of Professional Standards for Change Leadership in Education; Appendix C: An Innovative Design for a Thirty-Credit Education Specialist Degree Program in Change Leadership in Education; Appendix D: Using Technology to Implement the Learner-Centered Paradigm of Teaching and LearningReferences; Index; About the Author and Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides change leaders in education with essential concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics for how to create and sustain whole-system change in their school systems.