My phenomenal canvas by Liu Zhibo https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2017-11-29 14:40:24 UTC 2017-11-29 15:26:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Introduction chivoliu https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211418622 A lot of research has been carried out concerning ‘culture’, for example, Hofstede’s (cited
in H.D.Brown 1994: 420) work on national cultures. There has also been a lot written
recognizing the importance of the individual in the innovation process. And yet, whilst
recognizing that teachers have an important role to play, little has been done to show
directly the significance of their influence.
In this paper I intend to talk specifically about ‘teacher culture’, which will be explained
below, and innovation implementation. I shall attempt to first describe how these elements
can, and do, interact and then illustrate this through the use of case studies.]]> 2017-11-29 14:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211418622 Conclusion chivoliu https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211422961 The purpose of this paper has been to demonstrate the importance of ‘culture’, in this case
‘teacher culture’ in implementing an innovation. It has been seen that what at first seems
like a fairly facile question from Wiseman: ‘Systems may change, but do attitudes?’
(1997: 18) does in fact strike at the heart of the issue of innovation. Changes in beliefs and
attitudes, changes in ‘teacher culture’, are fundamental in innovation and without them it is
hard to find examples of successful change.
Of course, deciding whether or not an innovation has been successful is no easy task:
Wiseman (1997) suggests that in order to really see what he terms the ‘deep level
responses’ to innovation it is necessary to return to the same institution about ten years
after the original implementation. The idea of such a longitudinal study may be daunting,
but as has been seen, innovation is really about change over a long period of time, changes
in beliefs and attitudes, not just a quick, ‘fix it’, solution.
Finally, those involved in implementing innovation in education and wishing to use
knowledge of ‘teacher culture’ to advantage would do well to heed MacDonald’s warning:
‘Teachers are, on the whole, poor implementers of other people’s ideas’ (1991: 3 cited in Carless
1999).]]> 2017-11-29 14:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211422961 previous research on the topic chivoliu https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211428899 2017-11-29 15:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211428899 a brief plan of the essay chivoliu https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211429712 2017-11-29 15:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211429712 a statement of the problem to be addressed chivoliu https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211430488 2017-11-29 15:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211430488 a set of recommendations chivoliu https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211435424 2017-11-29 15:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211435424 a restatement of the problem or question chivoliu https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211438878 2017-11-29 15:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211438878 a restatement of your position chivoliu https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211440800 2017-11-29 15:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/chivoliu/4qseeiplehmb/wish/211440800