An Uncertain Harvest: A Case Study of Implementation of Innovation

Autor/in	Rogan, John M.
Titel	An Uncertain Harvest: A Case Study of Implementation of Innovation
Quelle	In: Journal of Curriculum Studies, 39 (2007) 1, S.97-121 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0272
Schlagwörter	Science Teachers; Rural Schools; Innovation; Curriculum Development; Educational Change; Outcome Based Education; Change Strategies; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Policy; Time Management; Teacher Role; Power Structure; School District Autonomy; Foreign Countries; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bildungsreform; Lernerfolgsmessung; Lösungsstrategie; Lehrerverhalten; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Zeitmanagement; Lehrerrolle; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Starting in 1997, a sophisticated, outcomes-based curriculum was to be implemented in South African schools. This study examines and analyses how science teachers in one rural school responded to the demands of this new curriculum. I consider the capacity of the school and the extent to which outside support and pressure was provided. The levels of implementation are analysed in terms of a proposed "zone of feasible innovation", a hypothetical construct which suggests that innovation should not exceed current practice by too large a gap between existing practice and the demands of the innovation. (Contains 3 figures, 1 table and 6 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10