The Human Side of School Change: Reform, Resistance, and the Real-Life Problems of Innovation

THE NATURE OF CHANGE.

Changing Paradigms.

The Meanings of Change.

The Culture of Resistance.

DIMENSIONS OF CHANGE.

Implementation: Tasks of Transition.

Substance: New Agendas, Old Problems.

Staff: Understanding Reluctant Faculty.

Setting: Assessing Organizational Capacity.

Leadership: Old Paradoxes, New Promise.

LEADING INNOVATION.

The Authentic Leader.

Clarity and Focus: The Power of Concentration.

Participation -- Without Paralysis.

Recognition: Reversing the Golden Rule.

Confrontation: Avoiding Avoidance.

Reach and Realism, Experience and Hope.