Whole School Change for Literacy Teaching and Learning: Purposes and Processes

Autor/inn/en	te Riele, Kitty; Stewart, Sarah; Stratford, Elaine
Titel	Whole School Change for Literacy Teaching and Learning: Purposes and Processes
Quelle	In: Language and Education, 36 (2022) 4, S.329-345 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (te Riele, Kitty) ORCID (Stewart, Sarah) ORCID (Stratford, Elaine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0782
DOI	10.1080/09500782.2021.1944182
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Literacy Education; Educational Improvement; Teaching Methods; School Restructuring; Outcomes of Education; Guidelines; Sustainability; Foreign Countries; School Culture; Organizational Change; Instructional Leadership; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Specialists; Educational Innovation; Trust (Psychology); Cooperation; Standardized Tests; Elementary School Teachers; High School Teachers; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Richtlinien; Nachhaltigkeit; Ausland; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Organisationswandel; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Lehrerverhalten; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Co-operation; Kooperation; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Australien
Abstract	School improvement has become a goal in many education systems globally, with the mantra of 'whole school change' adopted as key to achieving that goal. However, whole school change is complex and interpreted variously. In Australia, a case in point is the drive to lift literacy outcomes. Drawing on qualitative data from a study of literacy teaching practice in one Australian state, this article aims to unravel the multiple meanings and enactments of whole school approaches to literacy. The study established that while most participating schools espoused such an approach to literacy improvement, the ways in which they enacted this approach varied, with different types and levels of change emerging. Combining Cuban's orders of change framework (focussed on purposes) and May's phases of school readiness for change (focussed on processes), we developed a three-level framework of whole school change: external, pragmatically driven change; structural and/or nascent cultural change; and internal, culturally driven change. Taking this multidimensional approach to understanding whole school improvement sheds light both on its complexity and on the challenges of sustainability. Two clear implications arise from the findings: the importance of focussing simultaneously on purpose and process, and the necessity of systemic support. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01