Twitter Book Club: Seymour B. Sarason (1996) Revisiting "The Culture of The School and the Problem of Change" - Chapter 5

Chapter 5: The Evaluation of Educational Change

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"Introducing, sustaining, and assessing an educational change are political processes because they inevitably alter... http://tl.gd/as5rooless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"if schools and federal agencies are dynamically interrelated, does it make sense to talk about how schools innovat... http://tl.gd/as60egless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"project outcomes reflected not the amount of funds available, but the quality and behavior of the local staff." Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"The following strategies were frequently ineffective because they were not consonant with the conditions of school... http://tl.gd/as69pcless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"The following were effective strategies, particularly when applied in concert:
Concrete, teacher-specific, and ext... http://tl.gd/as6c7rless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"The importance of the principal to both short- and long-run effects of innovations can hardly be overstated." Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"The principal's unique contribution to implementation lies not in 'how to do it' advice better offered by project ... http://tl.gd/as6f7iless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"you can have the most creative, compellingly valid, educationally productive idea in the world, but whether it can... http://tl.gd/as6hp0less than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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@garystager at your recommendation I am laboring through Sarason's "Revisiting-the culture of school & the problem of change." ...less than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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@garystager while I like his ideas and think they are extremely important his writing is laborious to read, never gets to the point.less than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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@anderscj :-) That wouldn't have made my top 5 Sarason books!less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyGary Stager, Ph.D.
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@anderscj noless than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyGary Stager, Ph.D.
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@garystager is all his writing this indirect?less than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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@anderscj noless than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyGary Stager, Ph.D.
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@garystager good, because I have 2 more sitting on my shelfless than a minute ago via Mobile Web Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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@anderscj which ones? The stuff he wrote post-retirement are among my favorites.less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyGary Stager, Ph.D.
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@garystager what do you mean by learning and the skeptical visionaryless than a minute ago via Twitterrific Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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@anderscj betterless than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyGary Stager, Ph.D.
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"Is it possible that these modal ways derive from unverbalized, culturally determined assumptions that guarantee th... http://tl.gd/assmbiless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"as soon as one focuses on those with power, one has to ask why they have power and others do not." Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"In regard to federal efforts at educational change there can be little doubt that many federal programs had as the... http://tl.gd/assuealess than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"Any non-trivial effort at institutional change that is insensitive to the issue of power courts failure." Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"If there is agreement about ends, why such fierce conflict about means? The answer is that each group 'knows' two ... http://tl.gd/ast66pless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"When the point is reached where proponents for each answer see themselves in a win-lose situation, they increase t... http://tl.gd/ast7ugless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"One does not become a professional to have others tell you how to do your work." Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"it is unprofessional to allow others who do not possess your knowledge and skills to determine your actions." Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"The more types of professionals a setting contains, the more it will be characterized by conflicts of power." Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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! RT @anderscj: "it is unprofessional to allow others who do not possess your knowledge and skills to determine your actions." Sarasonless than a minute ago via Echofon Favorite Retweet ReplyFrans Droog
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@anderscj Which Sarason are you quoting?less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyJLFrazier
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@JLacyFraz Revisitingless than a minute ago via Twitterrific Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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@JLacyFraz @anderscj -- I'm guessing Seymour based on his writings on school reform. Please tweet back.less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyJLFrazier
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@JLacyFraz yesless than a minute ago via Twitterrific Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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RT @anderscj: "it is unprofessional to allow others who do not possess your knowledge and skills to determine your actions." Sarasonless than a minute ago via HTC Peep Favorite Retweet ReplyRyan McClintock
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@anderscj Yet it happens every day. Does it happen to doctors? Not that I see. Politicians at least need to consult with real educators.less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyDarkJedi60
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@DarkJedi60 it happens within schools all the time too between teachers & administrators, school personnel & parents, etc.less than a minute ago via Twitterrific Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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@DarkJedi60 its a power struggle—depends on whether u believe school decisions should b made by professionals or if every1 should decide.less than a minute ago via Twitterrific Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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@DarkJedi60 it gets even more complicated if you are a professional educator whose professional judgement says all should take part.less than a minute ago via Twitterrific Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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