The future of educational change : international perspectives
@inproceedings{Sugrue2008TheFO, title={The future of educational change : international perspectives}, author={Ciaran Sugrue}, year={2008}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:152467796} }
Section 1: Educational Change: For Better or For Worse? 1. Researching Change: The long and the short of it all 2. These may be good times: an argument that things are getting better 3. Towards a Single Hegemonic Model of Transfer of educational policy? Section 2: Educational Change: Lessons from Home and Away 4. U.S. School Reforms & Classroom Practice: 1980s-2005 5. Community Organizing for Educational Change: Past Illusions & Future Possibilities 6. New Influences on Policy & Practice in…
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