Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to chronicle a major curricular change initiative involving BBA and MBA core program reviews and revisions at an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)-accredited College of Business. The authors provide rationales for the change effort that likely mirror those of similar institutions.…

Education for sustainability (EfS) is widely supported and researched; however, the broad and deep implementation of EfS in universities that is needed lags behind the goals of change agents. This article reviews literature on change procedures; in particular, curriculum change in universities. Our aim was to develop insights into strategies…

Curriculum leadership is a complex and demanding practice, which goes beyond the research and disciplinary expertise of the curriculum leader. Engaging and leading educators in a process of curriculum change is not easy: it can be a difficult, and sometimes chaotic journey which is often characterised by philosophical debate, the calling into…

This paper highlights the active role played by various pedagogic agents in contesting the state educational reforms for madrasahs in Singapore. Drawing upon Basil Bernstein's pedagogic device, the paper identifies tensions and challenges that arise from the attempts by the state to implement curriculum reforms. The paper contends that the stakes…

In August 2006, Australia's conservative prime minister John Howard convened a history summit in Canberra. The purported goal of the summit was the framing of a nationally-acceptable curriculum in Australian history. However, as this article suggests, Howard's hidden intention was to use the summit as a device for introducing a narrowly…

In a story set in the future, the author presents guidelines for persons wanting to implement change in education. (IRT)

Discusses diffusion problems of new social studies curriculum materials, exploring roles of external and internal agents of change. Recommends that subject specialists, curriculum designers, evaluators, and educational sociologists cooperate with teachers to diffuse materials. (CK)

Examines eight reasons diffusion efforts fail to produce instructional change. Recommends a model for change which focuses on teachers, the instructional program, and the school system and uses a team of an internal change agent, external change agent, and a consultant or diffuser. (CK)

Examines technology available to educators and the current trend toward school change. Sees complementary paths for both. While computers are changing thought organization and opening new avenues for learning, schools are reorganizing to give children a sense of ownership and control over what they are doing. Overall, sees use of computers as a…

The Boards of Trustees of institutions of higher education can have a major impact in encouraging faculty and administration to engage in major curriculum reform which considers the world outside academia and financial realities. Frequent informal contacts between trustees and faculty can increase respect and understanding and thus the trustee's…

This research study focused on the change process that was used to bring about individualized schooling in six comprehensive senior high schools. The first chapter contains an overview of the study including a statement of the problem, background of the study, and a review of related literature. In the second chapter the six schools are…

Presents and analyzes the first year's results of a longitudinal study designed to measure teachers' and principals' stages of concern regarding implementation of a potentially controversial innovation--benchmark testing. Results indicate that the responding 241 teachers and 52 principals were positively disposed and interested in making the…

Reviews a collaborative process established at the University of Calgary in the earliest stages of strategic planning and maintained throughout undergraduate curriculum redesign and implementation. Offers some lessons learned by the change agents operating within a reluctant environment, including: start with serious self-reflection, understand…

The Pennsylvania School Improvement Program (PSIP) was created to assist local schools and school districts in the development of curriculum improvement strategies. The process involves the use of "linkers," curriculum specialists who work with teams from the local level to ascertain needs, then connect the local teams with the research…

A pre-planned team approach to educational change is described to maximize the chances that education majors and public school students willfully receive the types of improved learning experiences new curricula and organizational innovations promote. Public school and college change agents participating in an action lab sponsored by the…