Open AccessEducational Change and NEXTSchool
Author(s) -
Lisa Starr,
Joseph Levitan,
Lynn Butler-Kisber,
Aron Rosenberg,
Vanessa Gold,
Ellen MacCannell
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sfu educational review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1916-050X
DOI - 10.21810/sfuer.v13i1.1033
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , conceptual change , process (computing) , political science , current (fluid) , sociology , engineering ethics , pedagogy , engineering , computer science , geography , archaeology , electrical engineering , operating system
In this paper, we examine the current literature on whole-school-system change processes, and the ways in which research findings may be applied to schools in Quebec, Canada. Throughout the paper we use a current school change initiative, NEXTschool, to explore the possibilities and challenges that some of this literature presents, applied to a specific context. At the conclusion we offer a conceptual framework that underpins how we conceptualize the NEXTSchool initiative. The review focuses on three fields that have emerged as relevant to current change movements: 21st century educational change/reform, power dynamics, and design thinking as a systems-change process.