LEADING EDUCATIONAL CHANGE
Assignment 1
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the factors that have shaped
my attitude and involvement in leading educational change, and to
investigate how my personal ability to manage change has shaped my leadership of educational change. This discussion will be blended with examples of change in my personal life, my own leadership experience and references to the literature in the field of leading educational change.
“Status quo” has always been a term with negative connotations for me. There has always been a feeling that without change, you stagnate and die, both personally and professionally. I’m not sure whether this perspective is a personality trait, a learning style or simply a philosophical attitude, but the need to investigate change, embrace change and reflect on change, has been an inner yearning throughout my life. Wheatley( 2001:1) asks the question “How can we evoke the innate human need to innovate?” I am genuinely......
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Approximate Word Count: 2458
Approximate Pages: 10 (260 words per double-spaced page) |