Balancing the Tensions of Change: Eight Keys to Collaborative Educational Renewal
Written to help administrators and teachers deal effectively with the tensions that arise in collaborative work, this book\ identifies eight positive tensions that emerge when unlikely partners join together to work toward common goals. The authors describe the type of 'role flexibility' that is needed in collaborative change initiatives, and suggest ways for developing this flexibility among all participants.
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Written to help administrators and teachers deal effectively with the tensions that arise in collaborative work, this book identifies eight positive tensions that emerge when unlikely partners join together to work toward common goals. The authors describe the type of 'role flexibility' that is needed in collaborative change initiatives, and suggest ways for developing this flexibility among all participants.
PrefaceAbout the AuthorsIntroductionPt. 1Building Relationships of Mutuality1Key #1Qualified Membership13Key #2Interdependence23Key #3Role Flexibility30Pt. 2Crossing Thresholds to Creativity41Key #4Nurtured Development53Key #5Inquiring Change Agentry61Key #6Disciplined Openness70Key #7Transformative Evaluation77Key #8Parity87Conclusion: Partnering: Adventures and Analogies95Appendix: From Normal Schools to Centers of Pedagogy108References118Index123
