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7/27/2019 IMTEC Newsletter International Learning Cooperative 1989 15pgs EDU http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/imtec-newsletter-international-learning-cooperative-1989-15pgs-edu 1/15 IMTEC - INTERNATIONAL LEARNING COOPERATIVE Dynekilgata 10, 0569 Oslo 5, Norway, t/f 373420, fax 715555 ANNOUNCING THE ARRIVAL OF IMTEC (UK) IMTEC has been seeking to extend its work inside the United Kingdom and an operational base has recently been established in Cambrid- ge, England, located at the Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAG) . This base will be the hub for IMTEC activities in the UK and will be known, therefore, as IMTEC(UK) . The base is to be found in the CRAC headqu- arters, the address of which is : IMTEC (UK) CRAC, Sheraton House Castle Park, Cambridge, CB3 OAX This operational base will be opened officially on September I 1 th 1989 . IMTEC(UK) currently has a staff of three : -Peter Holly : Director, IMTEC(UK) Katherine Quigley: Projects Manager (on secondment from the Training Agency) Dido Whitehead: Admin . Assistant IMTEC(UK) is receiving the active support of the Training Agency (formerly known as the Manpower Services Commission), and there is a joint plan to establish the TVEI School De- velopment Programme (TSDP) . This overall Programme will focus on the needs of the Training Agency's nation-wide Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI), but will concentrate on what IMTEC does best - consultancy training for support agents to be able to foster and facilitate school-based development. With the wide-spread introduction of the Local Management of Schools (LMS) in the UK - following the far-reaching Education Reform Act 1988 - , IMTEC(UK)'s work in support of Whitehead school development and school management will certainly be hitting the right note . The purposes of IMTEC(UK) are three-fold : IMTEC NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 1989 1 IMTEC(UK) aims to participate in, and encourage, the development of well-mana- ged and well-resourced programmes of work for whole school development, in- cluding the establishment of local support partnerships and programmes of consultant training for school-based development . IMTEC(UK) aims to investigate and pro- mote various processes and styles of change management and to provide a voice in the UK on the management of educational change. IMTEC(UK) aims to encourage and facili- tate the all-important shift from teaching to learning by promoting whole school de- velopment in the related areas of infor- mation technology and flexible learning . SCHOOLS AND. THE CHALLENGE OF COMPUTERS John Goodlad in one of his books on educatio- nal change reflected on schools and technology . His observation was that most technologies including information technologies like the radio or TV have had only marginal impact on schools . Will the same be true when it comes to computers? Very few innovations have had such a remar- kable impact on our lives as the computer . This year the Personal Computer (PC) is 10 years old. 10 years . That's all . Millions and millions of workers - professionals and non- professionals - are using this tool in their work and in their personal lives . The P .C . - no doubt - has had a tremendous impact in a very short period . What has the impact been on schools? Much less . So far . Although there are areas where the computer definitely has come to stay, in most central areas of school life we are still talking about the potential of the computer, what it would look like if many things were different, if we had enough machines, if we had relevant and high quality programs, if teachers were properly trained, if the curricu- lum was adapted, and so on .

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IMTEC - INTERNATIONAL LEARNING COOPERATIVE

D y n e k i l g a t a 1 0 , 0 5 6 9 O s l o 5 , N o r w a y , t / f 3 7 3 4 2 0 , f a x 7 1 5 5 5 5

ANNOUNCING THE ARRIVAL OF IMTEC(UK)

IMTEC has been seeking to extend its work

i n s i d e t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m a n d a n o p e r a t i o n a l

b a s e h a s r e c e n t l y b e e n e s t a b l i s h e d i n C a m b r i d -

g e , E n g l a n d , l o c a t e d a t t h e C a r e e r s R e s e a r c h

and Advisory Cent re (CRAG) . T h i s b a s e w i l l

be th e hub for IMTEC activities in th e UK

and will be known, therefor e, as IMTEC(UK) .

The base is to be fo und in the CRAC headqu-

a r t e r s , t h e a d d r e s s o f w h i c h i s :

IMTEC (UK)CRAC, Shera ton House

Castle Park, Cambr idge , CB3 OAX

T h i s o p e r a t i o n a l b a s e will b e o p e n e d o f f i c i a l l y

o n S e p t e m b e r I 1 t h 1 9 8 9 .

IMTEC(UK) currently h as a staff o f thre e :

- P e t e r H o l l y : Dire cto r, IMTEC(UK)

Katherine Quigley : P r o j e c t s M a n a g e r

(on secondment from the Training Agency)

Dido Whitehead : A d m i n . A s s i s t a n t

I M T E C ( U K ) i s r e c e i v i n g t h e a c t i v e s u p p o r t o f

the Training Agen cy (formerly known as th e

Manpower Services Commission), and there is

a j o i n t p l a n t o e s t a b l i s h t h e T V E I S c h o o l D e -

velopme nt Progr amme (TSDP) . T h i s o v e r a l l

Programme will focus on the needs o f the

Training Agency's nation-wide Technical and

Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI), but

will concentra te on what IMTEC does best -

c o n s u l t a n c y t r a i n i n g f o r s u p p o r t a g e n t s t o b e

abl e to f oster and f ac ilitate sc hool-based

development .

W i t h t h e w i d e - s p r e a d i n t r o d u c t i o n o f t h e L o c a l

Manage ment o f Schools (LMS) in th e UK -

following the far-reachi ng Education Reform

Act 1988 - , IMTEC(UK)'s wor k i n s uppo rt ofWhitehead school development and school

management w i ll c e r t a i n l y b e hi t t i n g t he r i g ht

n o t e .

The pur pos es o f IMTEC(UK) are thr ee-fold :

IMTEC NEWSLETTERAUTUMN 1 9 8 9

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• IMTEC(UK) aims to part icipat e in , an d

e n c o u r a g e , t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f w e l l - m a n a -

ged and well-resourced programmes of

work for whole school development, in-

c l u d i n g t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f l o c a l s u p p o r t

p a r t n e r s h i p s a n d p r o g r a m m e s o f c o n s u l t a n t

t r a i n i n g f o r s c h o o l - b a s e d d e v e l o p m e n t .

• IMTEC(UK) aims to invest igat e an d pr o-

m o t e v a r i o u s p r o c e s s e s a n d s t y l e s o f c h a n g e

m a n a g e m e n t a n d t o p r o v i d e a v o i c e i n t h e

UK on the mana gement of educati onal

c hange .

• IMTEC(UK) aims to encoura ge a nd fa cili-

t a t e t h e a l l - i m p o r t a n t s h i f t f r o m t e a c h i n g

t o l e a r n i n g b y p r o m o t i n g w h o l e s c h o o l d e -

v e l o p m e n t i n t h e r e l a t e d a r e a s o f i n f o r -

m a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y a n d f l e x i b l e l e a r n i n g .

SCHOOLS AND. THE CHALLENGE OFCOMPUTERSJ o h n G o o d l a d i n o n e o f h i s b o o k s o n e d u c a t i o -

n a l c h a n g e r e f l e c t e d o n s c h o o l s a n d t e c h n o l o g y .

His observation was that most tec hnol ogies

including information technologies like the

radio or TV have had only margina l impact

o n s c h o o l s . Will the same be true when it

comes to computers?

Very few innovati ons have had such a remar-

k a b l e i m p a c t o n o u r l i v e s a s t h e c o m p u t e r . This

year the Personal Computer (PC) is 10 years

o l d . 1 0 y e a r s . T ha t' s al l . M i l l i o n s a n d m i l l i o n s

o f workers - p r o f e s s i o n a l s and non-

p r o f e s s i o n a l s - a r e u s i n g t h i s t o o l i n t h e i r w o r k

a n d i n t h e i r p e r s o n a l l i v e s . The P . C . - no

doubt - h a s h a d a t r e m e n d o u s i m p a c t i n a v e r y

s h o r t p e r i o d .

What has the impact been on scho ols? Much

l e s s . S o f a r . Although there are areas where

t h e c o m p u t e r d e f i n i t e l y h a s c o m e t o s t a y , i n

m o s t c e n t r a l a r e a s o f s c h o o l l i f e w e a r e s t i l l

t a l k i n g a b o u t t h e p o t e n t i a l o f t h e c o m p u t e r ,

what it would look like if many things were

different, if we had enough machines, if we

had relevant and high qu ality programs, if

t e a c h e r s w e r e p r o p e r l y t r a i n e d , i f t h e c u r r i c u -

lum was adapted, and so on .

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True . I n s o m e s c h o o l s t he s t o r y i s d i f f e re n t . W e

have shining examples of schools were the

c o m p u t e r p l a y s a s i g n i f i c a n t r o l e a n d h a s m a d e

a tremendous impact on the daily life of

t e a c h e r s a n d s t u d e n t s . IMTEC has st udied 22

"Computer-using schools" for more th an five

y e a r s , f r o m t h e v e r y f i r s t a t t e m p t s t o i n t r o d u c e

t h e c o m p u t e r , t o w i d e - s c a l e u s e o f t h e t e c h -

n o l o g y i n s o m e a r e a s o f t h e c u r r i c u l u m .

The story is quite unique . The Nor weg ian

M i n i s t r y o f E d u c a t i o n a l r e a d y i n 1 9 8 3 d e c i d e d

to make a major investment in information

t e c h n o l o g i e s , a l s o w i t h a h i g h l y s i g n i f i c a n t a n d

comprehensive program f o r s c h o o l s . Th e

M i n i s t r y c r e a t e d a n e w c e n t r a l b o d y t o l e a d t h e

e n t i r e p r o j e c t , h e a d e d b y A r v i d S t a u p e - a w e l l

known inf ormation technology expert i n

Scandinavia . The Ministry very generously

funded a very large developmental progra m

r a n g i n g f r o m p r o g r a m d e s i g n a n d d e v e l o p m e n t ,

to development of new tec hnol ogy, to large

s t a f f t r a i n i n g e f f o r t s ( s o m e 1 0 0 0 0 t e a c h e r s ) t o

t h e s u p p o r t o f o v e r 1 0 0 s c h o o l s w i t h i n n o v a t i v e

programs - t o m e n t i o n a f e w o f t h e a c t i v i t i e s .

IMTEC was ask ed to ass ist - b o t h i n t e r m s o f

formative as well as summative evaluation .

Knut Stranden became the Project Director .

P e r D a l i n h a s h a d t h e m e t h o d o l o g i c a l r e s p o n s i -

bility . Other per sons involved from IMTEC's

staff have been : Tor Bergli, Mette Eldevik,

A n d e r s l s n e s , A r n e S o l s t a d , A n n e W e l l e - S t r a n d .

A s e r i e s o f e v a l u a t i o n p r o g r a m s w e r e i n i t i a t e d

a n d c o m p l e t e d , i n c l u d i n g s t u d i e s o f t e a c h e r s ,

staff development, system- implication, the

change process in schools, use in special

e d u c a t i o n a n d i n v o c a t i o n a l t r a i n i n g a n d s t u d i e s

of many classropms . T o d a t e 1 6 r e p o r t s h a v e

been written and a series of meetings with

t h o u s a n d s o f t e a c h e r s a n d e d u c a t i o n a l l e a d e r s

have been conducted . A n d w h a t h a v e w e

l e a r n e d - a b o u t t h e u s e o f c o m p u t e r s i n N o r -

w e g i a n s c h o o l s ?

The largest impact has been in vocational

t r a i n i n g a n d s p e c i a l e d u c a t i o n . I n t h e s e a r e a s

t h e c o m p u t e r d e f i n i t e l y i m p r o v e d t h e t e a c h i n g -

l e a r n i n g s i t u a t i o n , a n d i n s o m e c a s e s r e a c h e d

n e w o b j e c t i v e s ( e . g . f o r s o m e s p e c i a l n e e d s ) n o t

p o s s i b l e w i t h o u t t h e n e w t e c h n o l o g y . I n m a n y

v o c a t i o n a l s u b j e c t s i n s t r u c t i o n w i t h o u t t h e u s e

o f t h e c o m p u t e r i s a l r e a d y n o t a n o p t i o n a n y

more .

T h e s i t u a t i o n i n g e n e r a l s u b j e c t s i s d i f f e r e n t .

L a c k o f r e l e v a n t a n d h i g h q u a l i t y " e d u c a t i o n al

s o f t w a r e " h a s b e e n s e e n a s t h e m a j o r o b s t a c l e

t o r e a l u s e o f c o m p u t e r s i n d a i l y p r a c t i c e . I n

those classrooms, however, where the compu-

t e r i s u s e d e x t e n s i v e l y , e . g . u s i n g " s t a n d a r d

p r o g r a m s " as word-processing, the entire

t e a c h i n g - l e a r n i n g s i t u a t i o n i s c h a n g i n g . The

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r o l e o f t h e t e a c h e r i s c h a n g e d , s o i s t h e r o l e o f

t h e s t u d e n t . C o o p e r a t i o n a m o n g s t u d e n t s i s a

c o m m o n p a r t o f c l a s s r o o m l i f e , m o t i v a t i o n f o r

s c h o o l w o r k i s h i g h e r ( a n d s t a b l e o v e r s e v e r a l

y e a r s ) a n d t e a c h e r s a r e c o n v i n c e d t h a t b o t h t h e

b e t t e r a n d t h e w e a k e r s t u d e n t s a r e b e n e f i t t i n g .

W e a l s o f i n d t h a t s t a f f d e v e l o p m e n t i s u n d e r -

e s t i m a t e d . I t i s v i t a l f o r t h e u s e o f c o m p u t e r s

i n s c h o o l s . Norway is also in a p articular

s i t u a t i o n a s a s m a l l l a n g u a g e c u l t u r e . One of

t h e i n t e n t i o n s o f t h e N a t i o n a l P r o g r a m w a s t o

produce Norwegian based programs in Nor-

wegian that wou ld be an alternative to the

Americ an/English programs that are now f or

g e n e r a l s a l e . The experiences show that this

g o a l i s v e r y a m b i t i o u s , t h a t , i n v e s t me n t s o f a

v e r y g r e a t - o r d e r a r e n e c e s s a r y a n d t h a t i t i s

d o u b t f u l i f t h e g o a l r e a l i s t i c a l l y c a n b e a c h i e -

ved .

IMTEC will attempt to make the fina l report

a v a i l a b l e i n E n g l i s h . F o r c o p i e s o f t h e N o r -

w e g i a n r e p o r t s , w r i t e t o :

D a t a s e k r e t a r i a t e t

M e l l e r g t . 2 3- 2 5

0 1 7 9 O s l o 1

Norway

During the Fa ll of 1989 IMTEC has, in coo-

peration w ith The Norwegian Ministry of

E d u c a t i o n , i n i t i a t e d t h r e e n e w p r o j e c t s .

1 E v a l u a t i o n o f t h e u s e o f d a t a c o m m u n i c a -

t i o n a n d d i s t a n c e e d u c a t i o n i n t h r e e s c h o o l s

in the Northern Norway .

2 E v a l ua t io n o f t h e us e o f d a t a ba s ed ai d s i n

the education, and adaption to work, of

p h y s i c a l l y d i s a b l e d s t u d e n t s . T h e p r o j e c t

i n v o l v e s c o o p e r a t i o n b e t w e e n s c h o o l s , e m -

p l o y m e n t a g e n c i e s , c e n t e r s f o r t h e d e v e -

l o p m e n t o f a i d s f o r t h e d i s a b l e d a n d t h e

business community .

3 A l o n g t e r m s t u d y o f s c h o o l s u s i n g c o m p u -

t e r s i n t e a c h i n g . IMTEC will s t ud y t h e t o t a l

e f f e c t s o n t h e c l a s s r o o m p r a c t i c e s b y t h e

use of computers .

K n u t S t r a n d e n a n d A n n e W e l l e - S t r a n d h a v e t h e

p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d a d m i n i s t ra t i v e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y

f o r t h e s e p r o j e c t s . IMTEC will als o dra w on

Norwegian and international researchers and

p r a c t i t i o n e r s .

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ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENTPROJECTSOne of the most important strategies in IM-

TECs work is Organi zation al Development .

S e v e r a l s t a f f m e m b e r s h a v e o n e o r s e v e r a l o n -

g o i n g O D p r o j e c t s a n d O D t o o l s a r e o f t e n u s e d

in mos t IMTEC progra ms .

M e t t e E l d e v i k i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e e v a l u a t i o n

of a Public Dental Health Care Project . T h i s

p r o j e c t i s i n i t i a t e d b y t h e N o r w e g i a n D i r e c -

t o r a t e o f H e a l t h a n d s u p p o r t e d b y t h e D e p a r t -

m e n t o f H e a l t h a n d S o c i a l S e c u r i t y .

T h e o v e r a l l o b j e c t i v e o f t h e p r o j e c t i s t o s o l v e

n e w i s s u e s w i t h o u t a n y n e t i n c r e a s e o f c o s t s ,

through flexible use of staff and change of

r o u t i n e s . T h i s i s a s s u m e d t o t a k e p l a c e w i t h o u t

r e d u c i n g t h e q u a l i t y o f s e r v i c e s .

She uses a formative evaluation approach by

w o r k i n g i n c l o s e c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h t h e P r o j e c t

M a n a g e m e n t T e a m . Regular feedback to all

p a r t i c i p a n t s t o h e l p m a k i n g i n f o r m e d d e c i s i o n s

d u r i n g t h e p r o j e c t p e r i o d , i s a k e y s t r a t e g y .

T o r B e r g l i ( i n c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h P e r a n d M e t t e )

i s w o r k i n g w i t h t h e r e d e s i g n o f O s l o W a t e r a n d

S e w a g e W o r k s , a n O b j e c t i v e - d r i v e n O D p r o j e c t

over some 3-4 years . The Director Oddvin

Tokheim and his 6 member Team of Directror s

work closely with 6 Task forces . T o r i s t h e

m a i n e x t e r n a l O D c o n s u l t a n t w o r k i n g w i t h t w o

internal OD persons, Bjarne Helland and

Wenc he Lien and the 6 Task forc es . The

Project combines intens ive Leaders hip-team

development with ,OD work, especia lly within

e c o n o m y c o n t r o l , d e v e l o p m e n t o f w o r k o r g a n i -

z a t i o n a n d st a f f d e ve l o p me n t . T o u s i n I M T E C ,

a p u r e l y T e c h n i c a l a g e n c y i s a c h a l l e n g e a n d

a g r e a t l e a r i n g e x p e r i e n c e .

K n u t S t r a n d e n i s p r e s e n t l y b u i l d i n g a c o m p r e -

h e n s i v e O D p r o j e c t w i t h s e v e r a l C o u n t y - o f f i c e s

and Superintende nts offices in the South

E a s t e r n p a r t o f N o r w a y ( " O s t l a n d s - p r o s j e k t e t " ) .

S o f a r w e a r e e x p e r i m e n t i n g w i t h a t o t a l n e w

design for Leadership Development in the

Raelingen community - s t a r t i n g w i t h C l a s s r o o m

Management and based on the needs at this

l e v e l d e s i g n i n g p r o g r a m s f o r H e a d s a n d S u p e r -

i n t e n d e n t s . I n t h e c i t y o f G j e v i k a t t e m p t s a r e

m a d e t o r e d u c e c o s t s i n v o l v i n g a l l a c t o r s . Q u i t e

a c h a l l e n g e !

P e r D a l i n i s a s s i s t i n g t h e T a n z a n i a n M i n i s t r y

o f E d u c a t i o n d e v e l o p i n g t h e b a s i s f o r a " D o -

n o r s ' c o n f e r e n c e " t o h o p e f u l l y i n c r e a s e a i d t o

e d u c a t i o n a n d m a k e i t m o r e e f f e c t i v e . S e v e r a l

T a n z a n i a n r e s e a r c h e r s h a v e c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h i s

p r o j e c t b y w r i t i n g s o m e v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g p a p e r s

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abou t the Tanzanian educ ational situ ation,

edited by professor Herme J . Mosha (The

papers are sponsored by the World Bank) . Per

i s a l so en g ag e d i n OD work wit h the Vocatio-

nal Training Branch of the International

L a b o u r O r g a n i z a t i o n , a j o b h e i s d o i n g i n c l o s e

c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h t h e d i r e c t o r , R i c h a r d J o h a n -

s o n .

HOW SCHOOLS IMPROVEI n o u r S p r i n g 1 9 8 8 N e w s l e t t e r , t h e r e i s a b r i e f

note on this proj ec t, whic h is now in full

operation, supported b y a grant from the

Norwegia n Aid Agency NORAD through the

Population and Human Resources Department

of the World Bank . How Schools Improve -

HSI - i s a p u r e l y q u a l i t a t i v e r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t

o n h o w v i l l a g e s c h o o l s s u c c e e d i n i m p l e m e n t i n g

n a t i o n a l l y i m p l e m e n t e d e d u c a t i o n a l r e f o r m s o r

m a j o r e d u c a t i o n a l c h a n g e s , u s i n g a s a m p l e o f

1 2 s c h o o l s i n e a c h c o u n t r y . T h e c o u n t r i e s a r e

Bangladesh, Colombia and Ethiopia .

T h e m a j o r r e s e a r c h q u e s t i o n s o f t h e s t u d y a r e

a s f o l l o w s :

a ) W h a t a r e t h e o u t c o m e s o f s u c c e s s f u l s t r a t e -

g i e s f o r t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f e d u c a t i o n a l

c h a n g e , s e e n i n t e r m s o f q u a l i t y o f i m p l e -

m e n t a t i o n , i n s t i t u t i o n a l i z a t i o n , a n d s t u d e n t

o u t c o m e s , a s w e l l a s i n t e r m s o f u n e x p e c -

ted outcomes?

b) What do successful strategies look like,

b o t h a t t h e m a c r o ( c o u n t r y ) l e v e l a n d t h e

m i c r o ( l o c a l s c h o o l ) l e v e l ?

c) What determines successful strategies?

Determinants may include administrative

c a p a c i t y d e v e l o p m e n t , t e a c h e r t r a i n i n g , a n d

c o m m i t m e n t - b u i l d i n g e f f o r t s , a m o n g o t h e r s .

d ) H o w a r e s u c c e s s f u l s t r a t e g i e s i n t e g r a t e d a t

t h e m a c r o a n d m i c r o l e v e l s .

These major questions, with associated sub-

q u e s t i o n s , a r e o r g a n i z e d i n t e r m s o f t w o m a j o r

s u b s t u d i e s o f t h e p r o j e c t , t h e c o u n t r y - l e v e l a n d

s c h o o l l e v e l s t u d i e s .

I . The country-level substudy is brief, and

m o s t l y c o n f i r m a t o r y , a i m i n g t o s e e w h e t h e r

t h e p r e v i o u s d e s k c a s e s t u d y o f t h e p r o -

gram (Adrian Verspoor : "Pathways t o

c hange : Improving the Quality of Change

in Developing Countries", World Bank,

1 9 8 7 ) w a s a c c u r a t e , a n d t o r e v i s e i t s c o n -

clusions where needed .

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2 . T h e s c h o o l - l e v e l s u b s t u d y i s m o r e e x t e n s i -

v e , a n d m o s t l y e x p l o r a t o r y , s i n c e l i t t l e i s

known about how local-level implementa -

t i o n p r o c e e d s . S o m e c o n f i r m a t o r y q u e s t i o n s

are proposed, drawn from the prior desk

c a s e s t u d i e s , a n d from studies of change

i n d e v e l o p e d c o u n t r i e s .

I t i n c l u d e s i n - d e p t h i n t e r v i e w s o f p a r e n t s ,

t e a c h e r s , h e a d m a s t e r s , " s u p p o r t - g i v e r s " ( i . e .

i n s p e c t o r s , s u p e r v i s o r s , c u r r i c u l u m s p e c i a -

l i s t s , i n - s er v i c e t r a i ne r s , e t c . ) a n d d i s t r i ct

a d m i n i s t r a t o r s , a s w e l l a s c l a s s r o o m o b s e r -

v a t i o n s .

I n t h e S p r i n g t h i s y e a r , a p r e - t e s t i n g w o r k s ho p

was held in Rome with members of the c ou n-

t r y t e a m s , t h e s p e c i a l i s t p a n e l , t h e c o a c h e s a n d

t h e c o o r d i n a t o r o f t h e s t u d y , H a l l v a r d K u l o y ,

i n o r d e r t o f i n a l i z e t h e i n s t r u m e n t s b a s e d o n

the field testing conducted in each country

during the Winter 1988-89 .

I n B a n g l a d e s h , t h e r e s e a r c h t e a m i s h e a d e d b y

P r o f e s s o r M a z h a r u l H a q u e o f t h e I n s t i t u t e o f

Educational Research a t the University of

D haka . The team is provided with research

f a c i l i t i e s b y t h e B a n g l a d e s h B u r e a u o f E d u c a -

t i o n a l I n f o r m a t i o n a n d S t a t i s t i c s . ( , B A N B E I S ) .

S t y r b j o r n G u s t a f s s o n i s r e s e a r c h c o a c h .

In Colombia, the research team is headed by

Dr . Carlos Rojas at the Instituto SER de

I n v e s t i g a c i o n . Ray Chesterfield is resea rch

coach .

I n E t h i o p i a , t h e p r i n c i p a l i n v e s t i g a t o r i s T e s -

f a y e D u b a l e , H e a d o f t h e N a t i o n a l C u r r i c u l u m

Development Department , with Anbezu Biazen

as Chief Researche r . Per Dalin is research

coach .

I n o r d e r t o p r o v i d e t h e b e s t p o s s i b l e s u p p o r t

o n q u a l i t a t i v e r e s e a r c h m e t h o d o l o g y a n d a n a l y -

s i s , a s p e c i a l i s t p a n e l i s a l s o p r o v i d e d d i r e c t l y

t h r o u g h t h e W o r l d B a n k , c o n s i s t i n g o f M a t t h e w

Miles and Michael Huberman, well known for

t h e i r p i o n e e r i n g w o r k " Q u a l i t a t i v e D a t a A n a l y -

s i s : A sourcebook of New Methods", a nd Per

Dalin of IMTEC .

PRIMARY EDUCATION IN PAKISTANIn the s pri ng o f 1988, IMTEC, NORAD and

t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f G o t h e n b u r g d i d a r e v i e w o f

p o s s i b l e N o r w e g i a n a s s i s t a n c e t o e d u c a t i on i n

P a k i s t a n .

From the recommendations of this review, it

w a s a g r e e d o n t h a t q u l i t a t i v e i m p r o v e m e n t o f

Primary Education was go ing to be the main

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s e c t o r f o r t h e d e v e l o p m e n t c o o p e r a t io n b e t w e e n

Pakistan and Norway .

I M T E C i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r f o l l o w i n g u p o n t h i s

project, coord inated b y Hallvard Kire Kuloy

w i t h A n n e W e l l e - S t r a n d b e i n g r e s p o n s i b l e f o r

t h e p e d a g o g i c a l c o n t e n t . I

IMTEC is wo rking closely w ith NORAD in

Norway as well as in Pakistan, and we have

e x t e n s i v e p r o f e s s i o n a l c o l a b o r a t i o n w i t h P a k i s -

t a n i i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d c o n s u l t a n t s i n b o t h c o u n -

t r i e s .

T h e m a i n p r o j e c t s a r e :

I I n - s e r v i c e t r a i n i n g o f P r i m a r y S c h o o l T e a -

c h e r s , t h r o u g h t h e s y s t e m o f A l l a m a I q b a l

Open Universi ty . The emphasi s of the

p r o j e c t i s a q u a l i t a t i v e i m p r o v e m e n t o f a

s i x m o n t h s c o u r s e f o r 5 0 0 0 0 t e a c h e r s i n

t h e p r o j e c t p e r i o d , i n c l u d i n g t r a i n i n g a n d

w o r k s h o p s f o r s t a f f , t u t o r s a n d t e a c h e r s .

2 W o r k i n g w i t h t h e r e g i o n a l Textbook

Boards, including training of staff and

p r e t e s t i n g o f b o o k s , t o e n s u r e i n c r e m e n t a l

improvement in primary textbooks .

3 S u p p l e m e n t a r y r e a d i n g m a t e r i a l f o r p r i m a r y

s c h o o l s .

4 Consultancy input in the World Bank

Project for Primary Educatio n in Sind,

m a i n l y o n c o m p o n e n t s r e l a t e d - t o s c h o o l -

n u t r i t i o n a n d t h e e n r o l l e m e n t a n d r e t e n t i o n

o f g i r l s i n P r i m a r y E d u c a t i o n .

REMINDER : T h e " 2 0 2 0 " - c o n f e r e n c e o n A + a n d

IDP in the Nethe rlands, November 6-8 .

C o n t a c t : Caroline Vet

University of Amsterd am

N a s c h o l i n g s c o o r d i n a a t

P r i n s e n g r a c h t 2 2 7

1015 DT Amsterd am

Holland

INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATIONIMTEC has bee n involved in "School Based

Review" since 1976, when IMTEC staff and

f e l l o w s , i n c l u d i n g p e o p l e l i k e L a r r y K r a f f t ,

Marvin Wideen, Val D . R u s t a n d o t h e r s p i o n e -

e r e d t h i s f i e l d i n T e a c h e r T r a i n i n g I n s t i t u t i o n s .

Since that time our work has brought us to

m o s t t y p e s o f s c h o o l s a n d i n s t i t u t i o n s o f H i g h e r

e d u c a t i o n i n b o t h t h e i n d u s t r i a l i z e d w o r l d a s

w e l l a s i n d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s .

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NORAD - t h e N o r w e g i a n A g e n c y f o r D e v e l o p -

ment - c o n t r a c t e d I M T E C t o d o a f a i r l y c o m -

p r e h e n s i v e r e v e i w o f t h e " I n s t i t u t e f o r D e v e -

lopment Management" (IDM) in Tanzania this

y e a r .

An international team of evalu ators, Janet

Poley (USA), Kami Rwegas ira (Tanzan ia),

A n t h o n i e W a t t e l ( H o l l a n d ) , D a n i e l Y o n a ( T a n -

z a n i a ) a n d P e r D a l i n ( N o r w a y ) u n d e r t o o k t h i s

a s s i g n m e n t . Kari Milner Strom fro m IMTEC

c o o r d i n a t e d a l l t e c h n i c a l a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

work .

T h e p r o c e s s w a s p a r t ic u l a rl y i n t e r e s t i ng : T h e

I M T E C t e a m w o r k e d c l o s e l y w i t h r e p r e s e n t a t i -

ves of IDM, the Tanzanian Government an d

N O R A D t o e s t a b l i s h c r i t e r i a , e v a l ua t i o n s t a n -

dards an d the des ign (using IMTEC designed

e x e r c i se s ) . I D M i s a l a r g e i n s t i tu t i o n w i t h c l os e

t o 2 0 0 0 s t u d e nt s a n d s t a f f a l to g e t h er . R e p r e -

s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e s o f a l l c a t e g o r i e s o f s t u d e n t s

and staff responded to the internal review

(using a modified GIL), and the a nalysis of

this mate rial guide d the IMTEC Team in its

d a t a - g a t h e r i n g w i t h I D M c l i e n t s , t h e G o v e r n -

m e n t a n d s t u d e n t s a n d s t a f f .

The report, presen tly under review by the

Tanzanian Governmen t and NORAD sets o ut

10 proposals for further development and

renewal of this largest Afric an Management

D e v e l o p m e n t i n s t i t u t i o n .

FOR YOUR DIARYA n n o u n c i n g t h e T h i r d I n t e r n a t i o n a l Conferen-

c e of IMTEC's "School-Year 2020 " Project to

b e h e l d a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f O x f o r d , O x f o r d ,

UK, 4t h - 8th September 1990 .

T h i s c o n f e r e n c e , w h i c h i s b e i n g c o - o r g a n i s e d

by IMTEC and the Training Agency (UK), will

p r o v i d e a g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y t o m e e t e d u c a t o r s

i n v o l v e d i n t h e r e s t r u c t u r i n g o f e d u c a t i o n i n

a world-wide network and, by working colla-

b o r a t i v e l y , t o p l a n e d u c a t i o n i n t h e f u t u r e .

The IMTEC project, "School-Year 20 20", wa s

e s t a b l i s h e d i n 1 9 8 7 ; t h e f i r s t i n te r n at i o n al c o n -

f e r e n c e w a s h e l d i n F i n l a n d w i t h f o c u s o n t h e

r o l e o f t h e m e d i a a n d i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y

i n s ch o ol s o f th e f ut u re . T h e s e c o n d c o n f e r e n -

ce, held in Snowmass, Colorado in 1988, was

c o n c e r n e d w i t h t h e r e d e s i g n o f s c h o o l i n g . I n

t e r m s o f t h e t h i r d c o n f e r e n c e , t h e i n t e n t i o n i s

to extend the successes of the Helsinki and

Snowmass conferences by bringing together

policy-makers, developers, innovative prac-

t i t i o n e r s , t r a i n e r s a n d r e s e a r c h e r s t o b u i l d a n

a g e n d a f o r a c t i o n - in order to make change

happen .

6

T h i s a g e n d a f o r a c t i o n w i l l have two dimen-

s i o n s : the cont ents (the "what") of future

s c h o o l i n g , a n d t h e p r o c e s s e s o f c h a n g e m a n a g e -

m e n t ( t h e "how") . T h e f o r m a t o f t h e c o n f e r e n c e

w i l l i t s e l f b e i n n o v a t i v e , b u t b a s e d a r o u n d a n

a p p r o p r i a t e b a l a n c e o f k e y - n o t e p r e s e n t a t i o n s ,

case-study investigations and working-group

s e s s i o n s .

T h e s e t t i n g f o r t h e c o n f e r e n c e w i l l b e i n t h e

h i s t o r i c a n d b e a u t i f u l c i t y o f O x f o r d . W h e r e

better to create visions of the future than

amidst the "dreaming spires" of Oxford! Ac-

commodation will be in Balliol and Trinity

C o l l e g e s , w h i c h a r e b o t h p a r t o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y

o f O x f o r d a n d s t e e p e d i n h i s t o r y t h e m s e l v e s .

S o t h e s e t t i n g w i l l b e t h e p a s t , t h e o c c a s i o n

will b e t h e p r e s e n t a n d t h e p r e - o c c u p a t i o n willb e t h e f u t u r e .

I t i s m o s t a p p r o p r i a t e t h a t t h e 1 9 9 0 c o n f e r e n c e '

s h o u l d b e l o c a t e d i n E n g l a n d , w h e r e a f e r m e n t

of innovation is currently under way . I t i s

e q u a l l y a p p r o p r i a t e t h a t t h e T r a i n i n g A g e n c y

( U K ) - o n e o f t h e i n s t i g a t o r s o f t h i s f e r m e n t a -

t i o n p r o c e s s - s h o u l d b e c o - o r g a n i s i n j s u c h a

c o n f e r e n c e w h i c h a i m s t o m o b i l i s e e d u c a t i o n a -

l i s t s

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WORKING GROUP FOR SCHOOL-BASEDDEVELOPMENTF o l l o w i n g t h e S c h o o l - Y e a r 2 0 2 0 I n t e r n a t i o n a l

C o n f e r e n c e i n C o l o r a d o ( O c t o b e r 1 9 8 8 ) , i t w a s

d e c i d e d t o c o n t i n u e t h e l i f e o f t h e c o n f e r e n c e ' s

worki ng group concerned with School-Based

Development .

A small plannin g team, coordinate d by Peter

Holly, met in Dortmund and Amsterdam to

o r g a n i s e a m a j o r e v e n t . A c a s e s t u d y v i s i t t o o k

p l a c e i n J u n e 1 9 8 9 , a n d t w e n t y - n i n e r e p r e s e n -

t a t i v e s from s e v e r a l c o u n t r i e s (Norw ay,

H o l l a n d , S p a i n , U S A , F i n l a n d , E n g l a n d , S c o t -

l a n d a n d N o r t h e r I r e l a n d ) p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e

e v e n t .

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The i n t e n t i o n was t o e x p l o r e s c h o o l - b a s e d

d e v e l o p m e n t i n a c t i o n i n t h e f o r m o f t h e P r o -

gramme of Evaluation i n Grampian Schools

(PEGS). The week proved a most i ntensive

investigation and was structured in three

s e c t i o n s :

• t w o - d a y c a s e s t u d y v i s i t s t o p r o j e c t s c h o o l s

which provided material for a process

evaluation of the work of each of the

schools involved . This provided a grea t

o p p o r t u n i t y t o i n t e r a c t w i t h t h e s c h o o l s o n

a c o n s u l t a n c y b a s i s ;

• a n e n d - o f - y e a r c o n f e r e n c e f o r t h e p r o j e c t

s c h o o l s c o n t a i n i n g w o r k s h o p p r e s e n t a t i o n s,

many of which were led by members o f the

v i s i t i n g g r o u p ;

• a think-tank for the working group mem-

b e r s o n t h e n a t u r e o f t h e w o r k i n p r o g r e s s

in Grampian and of school-based develop-

m e n t i t s e l f .

T h e v i s i t e n d e d w i t h a p l a n n i n g s e s s i o n d u r i n g

which future events were planned :

• Boston, USA, in April 1990 - t o b e o r g a n i -

s e d b y R i c h a r d B a s o m a n d S u s a n ' T o f t E v e r -

s o n

• O x f o r d , E n g l a n d , a s p a r t o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o -

n a l S c h o o l - Y e a r 2 0 2 0 c o n f e r e n c e s c h e d u l e d

for September 1990, to be organised by

Peter Holly with the help of the " Dutch

c o n n e c t i o n " , i n c l u d i n g B a s A u e r , B e a P r u i j t ,

L e i k e M e l c h e r s a n d L o u i s e v a n H a r t i n g s v e l d

• M u r c i a , S p a i n , p o s s i b l y i n J a n u a r y 1 9 9 1 -

organi sed by Juan 1 Manuel Escudero

F o r f u r t h e r d e t a i l s o f t h e W o r k i n g G r o u p ' s

a c t i v i t i e s , p l e a s e c o n t a c t P e t e r H o l l y , D i r e c -

tor , IMTEC(UK), CRAC, Shera ton House ,

Castle Park, Cambridg e, CB3 OAX, England .

F o r f u r t h e r d e t a i l s o f t h e P E G S i n i t i a t i v e ,

pl ease con tac t Larry Gray or Gordon

S h a n k s , a t : Grampian Regional Authority,

Education Department, Resources Centre,

Belmont Stre et, Aberde en, ABI IJH, Scot-

l a n d .

7

IMTEC STAFFThe following staff members work i n o r o u t

of Norway :

P e r D a l i n continues to head IMTEC, and also

has spec ial responsibil ity for the work in

OECD-countr ies .

To r B e r g i i works on organizational develop-

ment and evaluation .

M e t t e E l d e v i k w o r k s o n e v a l u a t i o n , c o n s u l t a n t

t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m s , a n d " 2 0 2 0 " .

No Gajda work on computer progr ammes .

T o r i l i H a a l a n d p r o v i d e s s e c r e t a r y s u p p o r t .

H a l l v a r d K A r e K u l e y i s o v e r a l l r e s p o n s i b l e f o r

overseas programmes .

I n g e r - J o h a n n e L a n g e c o n t i n u e s o n a p a r t - t i m e

b a s i s o n w o r d p r o c e s s i n g a n d d a t a b a s e - d e v e l o p -

ment .

Ne ls on Se p ul ve d a i s o u r f i n a n c e o f f i c e r .

K a r i M i l n e r S t r o m i s r e s e a r c h a s s i s t a n t .

Knut Stranden i s o v e r a l l r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e

p r o j e c t s i n t h e N o r d i c c o u n t r i e s .

Anne Welle-Strand i s p r o j e c t l e a d e r f o r t h e

data evaluation project and pedagogically

r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e P a k i s t a n p r o j e c t .

We welcome new staff : P e t e r H o l l y , K a t h e r i n e

Quigley and Dido Whitehead who are all wor-

king to d evelop the IMTEC-UK Foundatio n .

RECOMMENDED PUBLICATIONSTHE DEMOCRATIC TRADITION AND THEEVOLUTION OF SCHOOLING IN NORWAY,b y V a l D . Rust . Publish ed by Green wood

Press, London, 1989 . ISBN 013-26849-5 .

A w a r d e d t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l S y m b o l f o r N o r w a y ' s

250th anniversary of public education, this

study of educational reform in Norway, the

f i r s t e v e r i n E n g l i s h , i s o l a t e s a n d d e f i n e s t h e

h i s t o r i c a l f o r c e s t h a t h a v e mo u l d e d N o r w e g i a n

school reforms since the country gained its

independen ce .

'The book examines the ways by which Norway

w a s a b l e t o m o v e f r o m a t r a d i t i o n a l d u a l i s t i c

s c h o o l s t r u c t u r e t o t h e m o r e c o m p r e h e n s i v e a n d

u n i f i e d f o r m t h a t s e r v e s t h e c o u n t r y t o d a y . I t

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f o c u s e s n o t o n l y o n t h e s t r u c t u r a l c h a n g e s t h a t

o c c u r e d i n p r i m a r y a n d s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l s , b u t

a l s o o n t h e e q u a l i t y o f e d u c a t i o n a l o p p o r t u n it y

a n d t h e i s s u e o f w h e r e c o n t r o l o v e r e d u c a t i o n

l i e s .

C o n t e n t s :

S e c t i o n 1 : S o c i a l a n d E d u c a t i o n a l Foundations

In Norway ; Democracy and Education in Pre-

Independent Norway ; E d u c a t i o na l A l t e r n a t i v e s

at the Time of Independence ; E d u c a t i o n a l

Imperatives in Indepen dent Norway ;

S e c t i o n I I : F i r s t R e f o r m C y c l e : A Norwegia n

School S t r u c t u r e T a k e s F o r m ; E d u c a t i o n a l

Overtones in Romantic Naturalism ; The Winds

o f E d u c a t i o n a l R e f o r m ; S o c i a l R e f o r m I m p u l s e s

at Mid-Centur y ; H a r t v i g N i s s e n a n d t h e F o u n -

dation of Modern Schooling ;

S e c t i o n I I I : Second Reform Cycle : A Nor-

wegian Folk School ; A Common Fou ndati on

School; Education Beyond the Folk School ;

E x t e n s i o n o f P a r t i c i p a t i o n i n E d u c a t i o n ; W o r -

kers and Their Education ;

S e c t i o n IV : Third Refor m Cycle : Towards a

Unified School ; Education in a Free Norway :

1905 and Beyond ; The Labor Party TakesCommand ; E d u c a t i o n d u r i n g W o r l d ' W a r I I a n d

i t s A f t e r m a t h ;

S e c t i o n V: Fourth Reform Cycle : S t r u c t u r a l

Reform Complet ed ; Experimenting wit h New

School Forms ; The Nine Year Basic School ;

Reform at the Upper Secondary School ;

S e c t i o n VI : Norwegian School Reform : Conse-

quences and Problems ; E q u a l i t y o f E d u c a t i o n a l

Opportunity ; Control Issues in Norwegian

Education ; Educational Reform in Norway .

SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPROVE-MENT, edited by David Reynolds, Bert P .M .

Creemers and Ton Peters . P u b l i s h e d j o i n t l y b y :

School of Education, University of Wales

College of Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff,

Great Britai n and RION Institute for Educa-

t i o n a l R e s e a r c h , W e s t e r h a v e n 1 5 , P o s t b u s 1 2 8 6 ,

9701 BG Groning en, The Nethe rland s .

C o n t e n t s :

Section One : " S t a t e o f t h e A r t " Reviews (D .

M a n n , D . R e y n o l d s , P . D a l i n ) .

Section Two : S c h o o l E f f e c t i v e n e s s a n d I m p r o -

v e m e n t i n D i f f e r e n t C o u n t r i e s ( J . Chapman, S .

Steven with ass istance from D . Banks, L . E .

Sackney, D . Rey nolds, K . Aurin, B . P .M .

Creemers and E . Lugthart, M . Martin, D .

H a n n o n a n d P . Daly, P . Cuttance, G . R .

A u s t i n ) .

Section Three : S c h o o l E f f e c t i v e n e s s R e s e a r c h

a n d I s s u e s (W . L . M e l l o r, J . D . Chapman, C . T .

F i t z - G i b b o n , P . B . Tymms, R . D . H a z e l w o o d , P .

Cuttance, P . Sammons, A . F r a n k l y n - St o k e s ,

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H . P . B r a n d s m a , J .W .M . Knuver, M . J . d e J o n g ,W . v a n d e r G r i f t , G . V u l l i a m y ) .

Section Four : School Improvemen t Resea rch

a n d I s s u e s (K . Piper, J . B a s h i , Z . Sass, L . S t o l l ,D. F i n k , R . A . Wickstrom, B . J . C a l d w e l l ) .

PATHWAYS TO CHANGE, Improving the

Q u a l i t y o f E d u c a t io n i n D e v e l o p i ng C o u n t r i e s ,

by Adriaan Verspo or . World Bank Discussion

Papers No . 53 . Published by the World Bank,

Washington, 1989 . ISBN 0-8213-1228-6 .

C o n t e n t s

I . Background , II . Methodolo gy, III . Bank

Support for Educational Change , IV . The

Process of Change, V . I n i t i a t i o n , V I . I m p l e -

m e n t a t i o n S t r a t e g i e s : A Framew ork for Analy-

s i s , VII . Implementation Strategie s : Case

E x p e r i e n ce , VI I I . A d m i n i s t r a t i o n D e ve l o p m e n t ,

IX . T e a c h e r T r a i n i n g , X . Building and Main-

taining Commitment, XI . L a t e I m p l e m e n t a t i o n :

D e g r e e o f U s e , X I I . I n s t i t u t i o n a l i z a t i o n , X I I I .

Implementat ion and Outc omes, XIV . The

Ch a ll e ng e s o f La r ge -Sc al e Ch a ng f, XV .

Implications for Project Design and Impole-

mentation, Bibliography .

ZUKUNFTSWISSEN UND BILDUNGSPER-SPEKTIVEN, edited by Joachim Jens Hesse,

Hans-Giinther Rolff and Chris toph ZSpel .

P u b l i s h e d by N o m o s V e r l a g s g e s e l l s c h a f t ,

Baden-Baden, 1988 . ISBN 3-7890-1627-6 .

C o n t e n t s :

Vorbemerkung (editors),

I . E i n f i i h r u n g (C . Z b p e l , H.-G . R o l f f ) ,

I I . Bestandsaufnahme and erkennbar e Ent-

wicklungen ( B . Lutz, W . Klauder, E . Beck-

Gernsheim, J . Z i n n e c k e r ) ,

I I I . P e r s p e k t i v e n a n d H a n d l u n g s m o g l i c h k e i t e n

( P . D a l i n , E .-U . von WeizsAcker, H . S c h m i d t ,W. S c h l a f f k e , H . P r e i s s , P . Meyer -Dohm),

IV . D i s k u s s i o n s b e i t r a g e (U . von Alemann, R .

Mackensen, R . Kreibich, K . Nevermann, U .

B a t t i s , W . Schuchardt , M . K a i s e r ) ,V. Zusammenfassung and Ausblick (T . E l l w e i n ,

J . J . H e s s e ) ,

VI . Anhang , Autorenverzelchn is .

"REPORT FROM SNOWMASS", a p r e s e n t a t i o n

o f t h e s e c o n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l " 2 0 2 0 " - c o n f e r e nc e

in "Note -Worthy", th e McREL-journal .

C o n t a c t : Larry HutchinsMcREL12500 E . I l i f f A v e . , S u i t e 2 0 1

Auror a, CO 80014, USA

namt nttti to

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THE IDEAO u r w o r l d i s g o i n g t h r o u g h d r a m a t i c c h a n g e s , i n

p o l i t i c s , e c o n o m i c e s , t e c h n o l o g i e s a n d s o c i a l p o l i -

c i e s - a n d a l l t h e s e d e v e l o p m e n t s w i l l h a v e m a j o r

i m p l i c a t i o n s f o r e d u c a t i o n a l p o l i c i e s a n d p r a c t i c e .

We are beginning to see major changes within

e d u c a t i o n a s w e l l , p r i o r i t i e s a r e c h a n g i n g t o w a r d s

e d u c a t i o n a l i n v e s t m e n t s o u t s i d e t h e s c h o o l s y s t e m

( e . g . i n d u s t r i a l t r a i n i n g ) , n e w i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h -

nologies creates new learning opportunities,

v o c a t i o n a l t r a i n i n g i s b e i n g r e d e f i n e d i n m a n y

a r e a s , n e w a n d m o r e r e s p o n s i b l e r o l e s f o r y o u t h

is becoming more common in schools ( e . g . coo-

- e r a t i v e l e a r n i n g ) , n e w c h a l l e n g e s t o o u r s o c i e t i e s

a n d t h e w o r l d c r e a t e s p r e s s u r e s f o r c h a n g e i n t h e

curriculum ( e . g . p o l l u t i o n o f o u r e n v i r o n m e n t ) ,

new and innovative programs are created on a

l a r g e s c a l e o n t h e b o u n d a r i e s b e t w e e n s c h oo l s andt h e w o r l d o f w o r k ( e . g . t h e T e c h n i c a l a n d V o c a -

t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n I n i t i a t i v e ( T V E I ) i n t h e U K ) ,

a n d s o m e f u n d a m e n t a l q u e s t i o n s a r e b e i n g a s k e d

a b o u t t h e r o l e o f s c h o o l s i n p o s t - i n d u s t r i a l a n d

i n f o r m a t i o n r i c h s o c i e t i e s .

These and new challenges will be with us for

some time . N e w , i n n o v a t i v e a p p r o a c h e s t o e d u c a -

t i o n a l p r a c t i c e c a n b e studied today . M u c h o f

what will be common practice in Year 2020 is

a l r e a d y h e r e . Of course, we s hall continuously

discover new challenges and new solutions, but

w e d o n o t n e e d t o s i t a n d w a i t .

Th e i nt er na ti on al c o nt e xt gives us a unique

o p p o r t u n i t y . I t g i v e s u s a c h a n c e t h a t o n l y l a b o r a -

t o r i e s u s u a l l y g i v e s u s , n a m e l y t o s t u d y n e w a p -

p r o a c h e s i n a n o t h e r e n v i r o n m e n t w i t h o u t c h a n g i n g

our own system . M a n y c o u n t r i e s a r e t e s t i n g o u t

i n n o v a t i v e a p p r o a c h e s t o e d u c a t i o n a l d i l e m m a e s ,

s e v e r a l i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y r e s e a r c h g r o u p s d i s c u s s

new and innovative solu tions - however - i t

h a p p e n s i n s m a l l " c o r n e r s " o f t h e w o r l d , s o m e t i -

m e s i n j u s t o n e s c h o o l o r i n o n e r e s e a r c h l a b o r a -

tory, sometimes i t may be used by a handful of

i n d i v i d u a l s .

T h e i d e a o f t h e " S c h o o l Y e a r 2 0 2 0 " - p r o j e c t i s t o

c r e a t e a l i v e l y , i n n o v a t i v e , f u t u r e o r i e n t e d i n t e r -

n a t i o n a l e d u c a t i o n a l . network that enable its

members to learn from each other, share ex-

p e r i e n c e s , c o m p a r e n o t e s , e x c h a n g e m a t e r i a l s , v i s i t

e a c h o t h e r s s i t e s , c h o o s e s o m e p r o j e c t s f o r l o n g i -

t u d i n a l e v a l u a t i o n a n d r e s e a r c h , p u b l i s h f i n d i n g s

and create new ideas and programs .

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IMTEC - INTERNATIONAL LEARNING COOPERATIVE

D y n e k i l g a t a 1 0 , 0 5 6 9 O s l o 5 , N o r w a y , t l f 3 7 3 4 2 0 , f a x 7 1 5 5 5 5 ,

THE NATURE OF THE 2020 NETWORKI M T E C i s e x p l o r i n g n e w t e r r i t o r y i n t h e " 2 0 2 0 -

p r o j e c t " . It is not a centrally sponsored and

centrally managed project . The idea an d the

settin g is create d by IMTEC, the initiat ive is

o u r s . S o f a r , t h a t i s a b o u t i t ! W e d o n o t w a n t t o

push the project faster than it d evelops . I t i s

b a s e d o n t h e i d e a t h a t a n e e d e x i s t s t o e x p l o r e

n e w f r o n t i e r s a n d t o l e a r n f r o m e a c h o t h e r .

Quite often the innovator is isolated and not

a p p r e c i a te d i n t h e l o c a l c o n t e x t . O f t e n i t i s a l o n g

d i s t a n c e t o a c o l l e a g u e . S o m e t i m e s i t i s h a r d t o

d i s c u s s w h a t o n e r e a l l y w a n t s t o d o - may be be-

c a u s e t h e c o n t e x t d o e s n o t a l l o w u s e v e n ` t o t r y .

Q u i t e o f t e n , h o w e v e r , i t i s t h e i m a g i n e d b o u n d a r -

i e s c r e a t e d b y o u r s e l v e s t h a t l i m i t o u r s p a c e a n d

t h e p o t e n t i a l o f o u r a l t e r n a t i v e s . Meeting on

"neutral ground", meeting with others who want

t o e x p l o r e t h e u n d i s c o v e r e d i s a t t h e h e a r t o f t h e

" 2 0 2 0 - p r o j e c t " .

B u t i t s t a r t s w i t h y o u . A n e t w o r k i s n o m o r e t h a n

its members . W e h a v e t r i e d t o c a l l o n u n i q u e i n -

d i v i d u a l s - f r o m e d u c a t i o n , r e s e a r c h , i n d u s t r y ,

public administration and media to take the

i n i t i a t i v e i n e a c h c o u n t r y . T h e r e a r e a l r e a d y s o m e

1400 name s on IMTECs "2020 -list" . W e w i l l s o o n

begin to "networ k" all members according to

interests . Y o u w i l l b e a s k e d w h a t k i n d o f i n t e r e s t s

and experiences you want to share with others .

W e b e l i e v e i t w i l l b e e x i t i n g ! T o m a k e i t w o r k

depends on your own initiatives and ideas and

your willingness to share your thoughts and

e x p e r i e n c e s , m a t e r i a l s a n d c o n c e p t s .

I n s e v e r a l c o u n t r i e s a " N a t i o n a l C o m m i t t e e " i s

organized as the "hub" of the network . The

c o u n t r i e s d i f f e r i n t e r m s o f t h i s s e t u p . I t l a r g e l y

d e p e n d s o n n a t i o n a l a n d c u l t u r a l f a c t o r s . W h at i s

i m p o r t a n t , i s t h a t s o m e a r e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e

c o o r d i n a t i o n o f t h e w o r k i n " y o u r c o u n t r y . W e d o

encourage an oven n e t w o r k , a c h a n c e f o r a n y o n e

with new ideas t o come in . And you have the

r i g h t t o p r o p o s e a n y n a t i o n a l a c t i v i t y t o y o u r

committee .

A t t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l l e v e l y o u m a y j o i n t h e l a r g e

i n t e r n a t i o n a l s e m i n a r s a s w e l l a s t h e m o r e s p e c i a -

l i s e d w o r k i n g g r o u p s . L o o k o u t f o r t h e N o v e m b e r

conference in Holland this fall and the large

2020-world conference in th e UK in September

n e x t y e a r . S o f a r w e h a v e o n l y o n e a c t i v e i n t e r -

n a t i o n a l w o r k i n g g r o u p , ( f o r S c h o o l - B a s e d D e v e -

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lopment) . ( S e e I M T E C s N e w s l e t t e r ) . W e w i l l h a v e

s e v e r a l . And you will find one or two that you

w o u l d l i k e t o j o i n . D o i t .

THE INTERNATIONAL STEERINGCOMMITTEE

The Internati onal Steeri ng Committee (ISC) has

had thr ee meeti ngs, in Soest (Germany), in

Snowmass (Colora do) and in East Hampste ad

(UK) . The members of the Committee are pre-

s e n t e d e l s e w h e r e i n t h e N e w s l e t t e r . T h e c h a i r i s

held by pro fessor Bab Kleekamp (University of

Amsterdam) and the Secretar cy is Theo Liket

( H o l l a n d ) .

T h e S o e s t m e e t i n g w a s m a i n l y s e t u p t o p l a n t h e

S n o w m a s s c o n f e r e n c e a n d t o d i s c u s s t h e n a t u r e o f

t h e p r o j e c t . It was gen erously hosted by the

L a n d e s i n s t i t u t e f u r S c h u l e a n d W e i t e r b i l d u n g , a

major Research and Development Center in the

b e a u t i f u l t o w n o f S o e s t i n N o r d r h e i n W e s t f a l i a .

The members were in troduced to the reform

scene in education in th e Federal Republic

t h r o u g h a p r e s e n t a t i o n b y d r . Knut. Never man .

The Steering Committee meetin g ; in Snowmass

proposed an agenda for 1989/90 for the "2020-

p r o j e c t " , i n c l u d in g a n a t i o n a l a g e n d a ( e . g . e s t a b -

l i s h i n g a N a t i o n a l C o m m i t t e e , a S e c r e t a r i a t , a f i r s t

l i s t o f n e t w o r k m e m b e r s , a s t r a t e g y f o r f u n d i n g

and identification of innovative cases) and an

I n t e r n a t i o n a l A g e n d a ( e . g . the UK conference, a n

electronic network, planning meetings for IDP,

A+ and "Thinking skills", trainer of trainers

s e m i n a r s , t h e N o v e m b e r m e e t i n g a n d f u n d

r a i s i n g ) . D r a f t s t a t u t e s w e r e d i s c u s s e d .

T h e m e e t i n g i n E a s t H a m p s t e a d f u r t h e r e x p l o r e d

t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e p r o j e c t , m o d e l s o f n a t i o -

n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d , t o g e t h e r w i t h m e m b e r s o f

t h e B r i t i s h C o m m i t t e e , d i s c u s s i o n s t o o k p l a c e o n

the UK confere nce (Septe mber 1990) . A Con-

f e r e n c e C o m m i t t e e w a s e l e c t e d w i t h t h e f o l l o w i n g

members : Valeri e Bra gg UK), Tom Dodd (UK),

Susan Toft Everso n (USA), Stanley Goodch ild

(UK), Peter Holly (IMTEC-UK) and Theo Like t

( r e p . IMTEC staff an d th e ISC). The meeting

decided to make an experiment with electronic

conferencing using the Times Educational Net-

w o r k . The November conference in Hollan d was

discussed and a tentative program proposed .

Professor David Hargrea ves, Cambridg e, invited

us to a discussion of some of the b asic (and

r a t h e r d r a s t i c ) c h a n g e s t h a t t a k e s p l a c e i n B r i t i s h

e d u c a t i o n t o d a y .

IMTEC is following up on a ll the acti vities

proposed : I n J a n u a r y t h i s y e a r t h e f i r s t i n t e r -

n a t i o n a l w o r k g r o u p o n t h e " I n s t i t u t i o n a l D e v e -

l o p m e n t P r o g r a m " ( I D P ) w a s o r g a n i z e d i n N o r w a y .

The A+ pro j ec t (dev eloped by McREL) was

s t u d i e d i n a n e x p e r t m e e t i n g i n t h e N e t h e r l a n d s

2

in June and the meeting was followed up by a , ,

traini ng seminar in Kansas in August . The

IMTEC-NOVO-group i n Holla nd i s te stin g so me

o f t h e " T h i n k i n g S k i l l s " - m a t e r i a l s f r o m t h e " T a c -

t i c s " p r o g r a m a n d w e w i l l p r e s e n t a n A c t i o n p l a n

f o r f u r t h e r d e v e l o p m e n t s i n t h i s a r e a t h i s f a l l ,

which will enable interest ed 2020-members to

join actively in program developments . The

r e s u l t s o f t h e s e d e v e l o p m e n t a c t i v i t i e s will be

presented i n the November conference in the

Netherlands . S h o u l d y o u b e i n t e r e s t e d i n e i t h e r o f

the two ar eas ("Institutional Development" or

" T h i n k i n g s k i l l s " ) , c o n t a c t y o u r 2 0 2 0 - c h a i r p e r s o n

or IMTEC directly about th e November con-

f e r e n c e . Unfortunately we have very limited

s p a c e i n t h i s m e e t i n g ( o n l y a t o t a l o f 6 0 ) .

W e a r e a l s o e x p l o r i n g t h e p o k s i b i l i t i e s o f s e t t i n g

u p a n e x p e r i m e n t w i t h e l e c t r o n i c c o n f e r e n c i n g . A t

this stage we are struggling with some cost-

p r o b l e m s i n s o m e c o u n t r i e s r e l a t e d t o i n t e r n a t i o -

nal computer communication, problems we hope

t o b e a b l e t o s o l v e i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e .

NATIONAL ACTIVITIEST h e a c t i v i t i e s a t t h e n a t i o n a l l e v e l a r e u n e v e n .

S o m e c o u n t r i e s a l r e a d y h a v e a N a t i o n a l C o m m i t -

tee or an active network ( e . g . Belgium, the

Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, Nether-

l a n d s , N o r w a y , U K ) , i n o t h e r c o u n t r i e s a n a c t i v e

I M T E C - a s s o c i a t e i s w o r k i n g t o e s t a b l i s h a m o r e ,

p e r m a n e n t s t r u c t u r e ( e . g . Austria, Canada, Den-

mark, Fra nce, Spain, Switzer land, USA) and in

o t h e r c o u n t r i e s t h e r e i s a n i n t e r e s t b u t n o s i g n i -

f i c a n t m o v e t o w a r d s t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f a N a t i o -

nal Committee .

T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l i n i t i a l t a s k s d e a l t w i t h b y t h e

C o m m i t t e e s a t t h i s s t a g e : T h e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e

G r o u p i t s e l f , i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f i n n o v a t i v e e d u c a -

t i o n p r a c t i c e s , i d e nt i f ic a i o n o f p e r so q s _ t o r ec ru it

for the 2020-nettwork, the _ dissemination o f

i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l s e m i n a r s , l i n -

king of nati onal institutions to new IMTEC

i n i t i a t i v e s ( e . g . I D P , A + , T h i n k i n g s k i l l s , e t c ) a n d

t o r e v i e w p r o p o s a l s f o r i n t e r n a t i o n a l a c t i v i t i e s .

To carry on work in-between s essions of the

I n t e r n a t i o n a l S t e e r i n g C o m m i t t e e m e e t i n g s , t h e

f o l l o w i n g M a n a g e m e n t C o m m i t t e e w a s e l e c t e d f o r

t w o y e a r s a t t h e C o l o r a d o m e e t i n g : Bab Kleekamp

( c h a i r m a n ) , Larry Hutchins, ( c o o r d i n a t o r N o r t h

A m e r i c a ) , T h e o L i k e t ( S e c r e t a r y a n d C o o r d i n a t o r

for Euro pe), Mette Elde vik (IMTEC Proje ct

Coordin ator ) and Per Dalin (IMTEC Directo r) .

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TRAINING FOR SCHOOL DEVELOPMENTThe IMTEC training progra m for School based

d e v e l o pm e n t c o n s u l t a n t s i s g o i n g o n a t p r e s e n t

i n t w o c o un t r i es : G e r m a n y ( s e c o n d g e n e r a t i o n ) ,

t h e N e t h e r l a n d s ( s e c o n d a n d t h i r d g e n e r a t i o n ) .

We are also planning a renewed program in

Norway (it may be a Nordic progr am) . W e a r e

a l s o i n t h e p l a n n i n g s t a g e o f t h i s p r o g r a m i n

t h e UK .

The German progr am has the School District

a s t h e t a r g e t f o r c h a n g e , s e l e c t i n g t e a m s o f

c o n s u l t a n t s f r o m t h e f i v e r e g i o n s i n N o r d r h e i n

W e s t p h a l i a t o w o r k i n p a i r s w i t h s i n g l e s c h o o l s ,

a t t h e s a m e t i m e t r a i n i n g s c h o o l s u p e r v i s o r s

a n d t r a i n e r s .

The program is administered by Herbert

B u c h e n , i n t h e N R W L a n d e s i n s t i t u t f u r S c h u l e

under Wei terbild ung (LSW, Soest), a major

Research and Development Institution in the

Federal Republic of Germany . H e r b e r t B u c h e n ,

Professor Hans-Giinther Rolff from the Uni-

versity of Dortmund, Leo Horst er (LSW), Bab

K l e e k a m p ( A m s t e r d a m ) a n d P e r D a l i n c o n s t i t u -

te the Management Group .

H.G . R o l f f a n d P e r D a l i n i n t e n d t o p r o d u c e a

"European OD-book" on educatio n, with prac-

t i c a l c a s e s , e x e r c i s e s a n d b a c k g r o u n d r e a d i n g

mainly based on the European materials -

hopefully ready by the end of 1990 . A l s o

IMTEC and the LSW will present a materia ls

b a s e f o r a c o m p l e t e t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m ( c o n s u l -

t a n t s , s u p e r v i s o r s a n d t r a i n e r s ) b y t h e e n d o f

1 9 9 0 .

The Dutch project works clos ely with a net-

w o r k o f T e a c h e r T r a i n i n g i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d g o e s

i n t o t h e t h i r d g e n e r a t i o n t h i s f a l l . T h e p r o g r a m

is head ed by Bab Kleekamp and Theo Liket

and suppo rted by Caroline Vet and Sylvia

S t a w s k i . E v a l u a t i o n o f t h e pr o g r a m i s u n d e r -

taken by Theo Liket . M e t t e E l d e v i k w o r k s a s

a f o r m a t i v e e v a l u a t o r i n t h e S e c o n d P r o g r a m .

T h e P r o j e c t a l r e a d y h a s p r o d u c e d a l a r g e m a t e -

rial base i n Dutch, and a number of well

q u a l i f i e d D u t c h c o n s u l t a n t s a r e p r e s e n t l y o n t h e

market . P e r D a l i n ' s t e x t b o o k " S c h o o l D e v e l o p -

m e n t " , ( D u t c h ) w a s p u b l i s h e d i n M a y t h i s y e a r

suppor ted b y NOVO . ( " O r g a n i s a t i e O u t w i k k e -

l i n g i n S c h o o l & O n d e r w i j s " , S a m s o n , 1 9 8 9 . )

COOPERATION WITH McRELThe Second "School-Year 2020" Internatio nal

Conference held in Colorado, October 1988,

was a join t undert aking b y McREL (the Mid-

Continent Regional Educational Labora tory)

and Imtec .

McREL is one of nine region al educationa l

l a b o r a t o r i e s s e r v i n g d i f f e r e n t r e g i o n s o f t h e

U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d i t s p r o t e c t o r a t e s .

T h e " L a b s " a r e p r a c t i c e i n s t i t u t i o n s, a s s i s t i n g

educators to use and apply the findings and

p r o d u c t s o f r e s e a r c h a n d d e v e l o p m e n t i n t h e i r

d a i l y w o r k i n c l a s s r o o m s , s c h o o l s , d i s t r i c t s ,

s t a t e e d u c a t i o n a g e n c i e s a n d r e l a t e d s e t t i n g .

McREL is the la borato ry which serves the

mountain/plains region including : C o l o r a d o ,

Kansas, Missouri, Nebras ka, North Dakota,

South Dakota and Wyoming .

Our cooperation w ith McREL will continue . A

Development Group represe nted by people

from McREL and Imtec is p resent ly working

on new pr ograms buildi ng on McREL's Achie-

v i n g E x c e l l e n c e P r o g r a m ( A + ) a n d l i n t e c ' s I D P ,

The Instituti onal Development Program .

McREL's A+ is a site o r schoolbas ed manage -

ment system . I t o r g a n i z e s a n d u s e s r e s e a r c h -

b a s e d k n o w l e d g e t o i n c r e a s e e d u c a t i o n a l e f f i c i -

e n c y , e f f e c t i v e n e s s a n d e x c e l l e n c e . I t d o e s t h i s

b y g i v i n g e d u c a t o r s a f r a m e w o r k f o r c u r r i c u -

l u m , i n s t r u c t i o n a n d a s s e s s m e n t d e c i s i o n s s o

t h a t t h e l i m i t e d r e s o u r c e s a n d e n e r g y a v a i l a b l e

f or sc hool improvement and redesign c an be

d i r e c t e d a t t h e s t r a t e g i e s a n d t a c t i c s t h a t a r e

m o s t l i k e l y t o f o s t e r e x c e l l e n c e i n y o u r s c h o -

o l ( s ) . T h e A + m , n n a g e m e n t s y s t e m . _ a l s o p r o v i . . _

u n i q u e a s s e s s m e n t t o o l s f o r m a i n t a i n i n g p r o -

g r e K s a n d r e d i r e c t i n g e n e r g y .

Pilot programs of A+ will take place in the

Netherland s, and most like ly in the UK and

Norway during 1989/90 .

Both IDP and A+ will be the topics on the

" 2 0 2 0 " - November conference in the Nether-

lands (see announcemen t) .

THINKING SKILLSIMTEC is present ly developing a new "Thin-

k i n g s k i l l " - p r o g r a m , b u i l d i n g u p o n d e v e l o p m e n t

work in several countries . Central to our

i n t e r e s t h a s b e e n t h e " T a c t i c s " - p r o g r a m d e v e l o -

ped by McREL . A l s o s e v e r a l E u r o p e a n p r o j e c t s

a r e t a k e n i n t o a c c o u n t . P r o f e s s o r B a b K l e e -

kamp and drs . S y l v i a S t a w s k i ( A m s t e r d a m ) a r e

c o o r d i n a t i n g t h e w o r k i n t h i s a r e a .

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ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENTPROJECTSOne of the most important strategies in IM-

TECs work is Organi zation al Development .

S e v e r a l s t a f f m e m b e r s h a v e o n e o r s e v e r a l o n -

g o i n g O D p r o j e c t s a n d O D t o o l s a r e o f t e n u s e d

in mos t IMTEC progra ms .

M e t t e E l d e v i k i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e e v a l u a t i o n

o f a P u b l i c D e n t a l H e a l t h C a r e P r o j e c t . T h i s

p r o j e c t i s i n i t i a t e d b y t h e N o r w e g i a n D i r e c -

t o r a t e o f H e a l t h a n d s u p p o r t e d b y t h e D e p a r t -

m e n t o f H e a l t h a n d S o c i a l S e c u r i t y .

T h e o v e r a l l o b j e c t i v e o f t h e p r o j e c t i s t o s o l v e

n e w i s s u e s w i t h o u t a n y n e t i n c r e a s e o f c o s t s ,

through flexible use of staff and change of

r o u t i n e s . T h i s i s a s s u m e d t o t a k e p l a c e w i t h o u t

r e d u c i n g t h e q u a l i t y o f s e r v i c e s .

She uses a formative evaluation appro ach by

w o r k i n g i n c l o s e c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h t h e P r o j e c t

M a n a g e m e n t T e a m . Regular feedba ck to all

p a r t i c i p a n t s t o h e l p m a k i n g i n f o r m e d d e c i s i o n s

d u r i n g t h e p r o j e c t p e r i o d , i s a k e y s t r a t e g y .

T o r B e r g l i ( i n c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h P e r a n d M e t t e )

i s w o r k i n g w i t h t h e r e d e s i g n o f O s l o W a t e r a _ ,

Sewag e Works, a n O b j e c t i v e - d r i ve n O D p _ r o ' e c t . - -

o v e r some 3 - 4 y e a r s . The Director Oddvin

Tokheim and his 6 member Team of Directro rs

work closely with 6 Task forces . T o r i s t h e

main e xterna l OD consultant work ing t h t w t l _ , _ .

i n T b r n a t -OD p e t s o r B j a r n e Helland and

W e n c h e " L i e n and the 6 Task forces . The

Project combines intens ive Leaders hip-team

development wit h OD work, especi ally within

e c o n o m y c o n t r o l , d e v e l o p m e n t o f w o r k o r g a n i -

z a t i o n a n d s t a f f de v e l o p m e n t . T o u s i n I M T E C ,

. a p u r e l y T e c h n i c a l a g e n c y i s a c h a l l e n g e a n d

a g r e a t l e a r i n g e x p e r i e n c e .

K n u t S t r a n d e n i s p r e s e n t l y b u i l d i n g a c o m p r e -

h e n s i v e O D p r o j e c t w i t h s e v e r a l C o u n t y - o f f i c e s

and Superintenden ts offices in the South

E a s t e r n p a r t o f N o r w a y ( " O s t l a n d s - p r o s j e k t e t " ) .

S o f a r w e a r e e x p e r i m e n t i n g w i t h a t o t a l n e w

design for Leadership Development in the

Raelingen community - s t a r t i n g w i t h C l a s s r o o m

Management and based on the needs at this

l e v e l d e s i g n i n g p r o g r a m s f o r H e a d s a n d S u p e r -

i n t e n d e n t s . I n t h e c i t y o f G j o v i k a t t e mp t s a r e

m a d e t o r e d u c e c o s t s i n v o l v i n g a l l a c t o r s . Q u i t e

a c h a l l e n g e !

P e r D a l i n i s a s s i s t i n g t h e T a n z a n i a n M i n i s t r y

o f E d u c a t i o n d e v e l o p i n g t h e b a s i s f o r a " D o -

n o r s ' c o n f e r e n c e " t o h o p e f u l l y i n c r e a s e a i d t o

e d u c a t i o n a n d m a k e i t m o r e e f f e c t i v e . S e v e r a l

T a n z a n i a n r e s e a r c h e r s h a v e c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h i s

p r o j e c t b y w r i t i n g s o m e v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g p a p e r s

4

abou t the Tanzanian educ ational situ ation,

edited by professor Herme J . Mosha (The

papers are sponsored by the World Bank) . P e r

i s a l s o e n g a g e d i n O D w o r k w i t h t h e V o c a t i o -

nal Trainin g Branch of the Internation al

L a b o u r O r g a n i z a t i o n , a j o b h e i s d o i n g i n c l o s e

c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h t h e d i r e c t o r , R i c h a r d J o h a n -

s o n .

HOW SCHOOLS IMPROVEI n o u r S p r i n g 1 9 8 8 N e w s l e t t e r , t h e r e i s a b r i e f

note on this proj ec t, whic h is now in full

operation, supported by a grant from the

Norweg ian Aid Agency NORAD thr ough th e

Population and Human Resources Department

of the World Bank . How Schools Improve -

HSI - i s a p u r e l y q u a l i t a t i v e r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t

o n h o w v i l l a g e s c h o o l s s u c c e e d i n i m p l e m e n t i n g

n a t i o n a l l y i m p l e m e n t e d e d u c a t i o n a l r e f o r m s o r

m a j o r e d u c a t i o n a l c h a n g e s , u s i n g a s a m p l e o f

1 2 s c h o o l s i n e a c h c o u n t r y . T h e co u n t r i e s a r e

Bangladesh, Colombia and Ethiopia .

T h e m a j o r r e s e a r c h q u e s t i o n s o f t h e s t u d y a r e

a s f o l l o w s :

a ) W h a t a r e t h e o u t c o m e s o f s u c c e s s f u l s t r a t e -

g i e s f o r t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f e d u c a t i o n a l

c h a n g e , s e e n i n t e r m s o f q u a l i t y o f i m p l e -

m e n t a t i o n , i n s t i t u t i o n a l i z a t i o n , a n d s t u d e n t

o u t c o m e s , a s w e l l a s i n t e r m s o f u n e x p e c -

ted outcomes?

b) What do successful strategies look like,

b o t h a t t h e m a c r o ( c o u n t r y ) l e v e l a n d t h e

m i c r o ( l o c a l s c h o o l ) l e v e l ?

c) What determines successful s t r a t e g i e s ?

Determinants may include administrative

c a p a c i t y d e v e l o p m e n t , t e a c h e r t r a i n i n g , a n d

c o m m i t m e n t - b u i l d i n g e f f o r t s , a m o n g o t h e r s .

d ) H o w a r e s u c c e s s f ul s t r a t e g i e s i n t e g r a t e d a t

t h e m a c r o a n d m i c r o l e v e l s .

These major questions, with associated sub-

q u e s t i o n s , a r e o r g a n i z e d i n t e r m s o f t w o m a j o r

s u b s t u d i e s o f t h e p r o j e c t , t h e c o u n t r y - l e v e l a n d

s c h o o l l e v e l s t u d i e s .

1 . T h e c o u n t r y - l e v e l s u b s t u d y i s b r i e f , a n d

m o s t l y c o n f i r m a t o r y , a i m i n g t o s e e w h e t h e r

t h e p r e v i o u s d e s k c a s e s t u d y o f t h e p r o -

gram (Adrian Verspo or : "Pathways t o

c hange : Improving the Qualit y of Change

in Developing Countries", World Bank,

1 9 8 7 ) w a s a c c u r a t e , a n d t o r e v i s e i t s c o n -

c l u s i o n s w h e r e n e e d e d .

l

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2 . The . s c h o o l - l e v e l s u b s t u d y i s m o r e e x t e n s i -

v e , a n d m o s t l y e x p l o r a t o r y , s i n c e l i t t l e i s

known ab out how local-level implementa-

t i o n p r o c e ed s . S o m e c o n f i r m a t o r y q u e s t i o n s

are proposed, drawn from the prior desk

case studies, and from studies of change

i n d e v e l o p e d c o u n t r i e s .

I t i n c l u d e s i n - d e p t h i n t e r v i e w s o f p a r e n t s ,

t e a c h e r s , h e a d m a s t e r s , " s u p p o r t - g i v e r s " ( i . e .

i n s p e c t o r s , s u p e r v i s o r s , c u r r i c u l u m s p e c i a -

l i s t s , i n - s e r v i c e t r a i n e r s , e t c . ) a n d d i s t r i c t

a d m i n i s t r a t or s , a s w e l l a s c l a s s r o o m o b s e r -

v a t i o n s .

I n t h e S p r i n g t h i s y e a r , a p r e - t e s t i n g w o r k s h o p

was held in Rome with members of the c ou n-

t r y t e a m s , t h e s p e c i a l i s t p a n e l , t h e c o a c h e s a n d

t h e c o o r d i n a t o r o f t h e s t u d y , H a l l v a r d K u l o y ,

i n o r d e r t o f i n a l i z e t h e i n s t r u m e n t s b a s e d o n

the field testing conducted in each country

during the Winter 1988-89 .

I n B a n g l a d e s h , t h e r e s e a r c h t e a m i s h e a d e d b y

P r o f e s s o r M a z h a r u l H a q u e o f t h e I n s t i t u t e o f

Educational Research at th e University of

D haka . The team is pro vided with research

f a c i l i t i e s b y t h e B a n g l a d e s h B u r e a u o f E d u c a -

t i o n a l I n f o r m a t i o n a n d S t a t i s t i c s , ( ' ) B A N B E I S ) .

S t y r b j o r n G u s t a f s s o n i s r e s e a r c h c o a c h .

In Colombia, the research team is headed by

Dr . Carlos Rojas at th e Institut o SER de

I n v e s t i g a c i o n . Ray Chesterfield is resea rch

coach .

I n E t h i o p i a , t h e p r i n c i p a l i n v e s t i g a t o r i s T e s -

f a y e D u b a l e , H e a d o f t h e N a t i o n a l C u r r i c u l u m

Development Department, wi th Anbezu Biazen

a s Chief Researcher . Per Dalin is rese arch

coach .

I n o r d e r t o p r o v i d e t h e b e s t p o s s i b l e s u p p o r t

o n q u a l i t a t i v e r e s e a r c h m e t h o d o l o g y a n d a n a l y -

s i s , a s p e c i a l i s t p a n e l i s a l s o p r o v i d e d d i r e c t l y

t h r o u g h t h e W o r l d B a n k , c o n s i s t i n g o f M a t t h e w

Miles and Michael Huberman, well know n for

t h e i r p i o n e e r i n g w o r k " Q u a l i t a t i v e D a t a A n a l y -

s i s : A sourcebook of New Methods", an d Per

Dalin of IMTEC .

PRIMARY EDUCATION IN PAKISTANIn the spr ing of 1988 , IMTEC, NORAD and

t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f G o t h e n b u r g d i d a r e v i e w o f

p o s s i b l e N o r w e g i a n a s s i s t a n c e t o e d u c a t i o n i n

P a k i s t a n .

From the recommendations of this review, it

w a s a g r e e d o n t h a t q u l i t a t i v e i m p r o v e m e n t o f

Primary Education was going to be the main

5

s e c t o r f o r t h e d e v e l o p m e n t c o o p e r a t i o n b e t w e e n

Pakistan and Norway .

I M T E C i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r f o l l o w i n g up o n t h i s

project, coord inated by Hallvard Khre Kuloy

w i t h A n n e W e l l e - S t r a n d b e i n g r e s p o n s i b l e f o r

t h e p e d a g o g i c a l c o n t e n t .

IMTEC is w orkin g clos ely wit h NORAD in

Norway as well as in Pakistan, and we have

e x t e n s i v e p r o f e s s i o n a l c o l a b o r a t i o n w i t h P a k i s -

t a n i i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d c o n s u l t a n t s i n b o t h c o u n -

t r i e s .

T h e m a i n p r o j e c t s a r e :

1 I n - s e r v i c e t r a i n i n g o f P r i m a y y S c h o o l T e a -

c h e r s , t h r o u g h t h e s y s t e m o f A l l a m a I q b a l

Open University . The emphasi s of the

p r o j e c t i s a q u a l i t a t i v e i m p r o v e m e n t o f a

s i x m o n t h s c o u r s e f o r 5 0 0 0 0 t e a c h e r s i n

t h e p r o j e c t p e r i o d , i n c l u d i n g t r a i n i n g a n d

w o r k s h o p s f o r s t a f f , t u t o r s a n d t e a c h e r s .

2 W o r k i n g w i t h t h e r e g i o n a l Textbook

Boards, including training of staff and

p r e t e s t i n g o f b o o k s , t o e n s u r e i n c r e m e n t a l

improvement in primary textbooks .

3 S u p p l e m e n t a r y r e a d i n g m a t e r i a l f o r p r i m a r y

s c h o o l s .

4 Consultancy input in the World Bankroject for Primary Education m i n d ,

mainly on components related to school-

n u t r i t i o n a n d t h e e n r o l l e m e n t a n d r e t e n t i o n

o f g i r l s i n P r i m a r y E d u c a t i o n .

INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATIONIMTEC has bee n involved in "School Based

Review" since 1976, when IMTEC staff and

f e l l o w s , i n c l u d i n gW people lik e Larry Krafft,

Marvin Wideen, Val D . R u s t a n d o t h e r s p i o n e -

e r e d t h i s f i e l d i n T e a c h e r T r a i n i n g I n s t i t u t i o n s .

Sinc e that time ou r work has brou ght u s to

m o s t t y p e s o f s c h o o l s a n d i n s t i t u t i o n s o f H i g h e r

e d u c a t i o n i n b o t h t h e i n d u s t r i a l i z e d w o r l d a s

w e l l a s i n d e v e l o p in g c o u n t r i e s .

REMINDER : The "2020"-conference on A+ and

IDP in the Nethe rlands , November 6-8 .

C o n t a c t : Caroline Vet

University of Amster dam

Nascholingscoo rd . i n a a t

P r i n s e n g r a c h t 2 2 7

1015 DT Amsterd am

Holland

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NORAD - the Norwegia n Agency for Develop-

ment - c o n t r a c t e d I M T E C t o d o a f a i r l y c o m -

p r e h e n s i v e r e v e i w o f t h e " I n s t i t u t e f o r D e v e -

lopment Manag ement" (IDM) in Tanzania t his

y e a r .

An internation al team of evaluators, Janet

Poley (USA), Kami Rwe gas ira (Tanzan ia),

A n t h o n i e W a t t e l ( H o l l a n d ) , D a n i e l Y o n a ( T a n -

z a n i a ) a n d P e r D a l i n ( N o r w a y ) u n d e r t o o k t h i s

assignment. Kari Milner Strom fr om IMTEC

c o o r d i n a t e d a l l t e c h n i c a l a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

work .

T h e p r o c e s s w a s p a r t ic u l a r ly i n t e r e s t i ng : T h e

I M T E C t e a m w o r k e d c l o s e l y w i t h r e p r e s e n t a t i -

ves of IDM, the Tanzanian Government and

N O R A D t o e s t a b l i s h c r i t e r i a , e v a l u a t i o n s t a n -

dards an d the des ign (using IMTEC designed

e x e r c i s e s ) . I D M i s a l a r g e i n s t i t u t i o n w i t h c l o s e

t o 2 0 0 0 s t u d e n t s a n d s t a f f a l t o g e t h e r . R e p r e -

s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e s o f a l l c a t e g o r i e s o f s t u d e n t s

and staff responded to the internal review

(using a mo dified GIL), and th e analysis o f

this mate rial guid ed the IMTEC Team in its

d a t a - g a t h e r i n g w i t h I D M c l i e n t s , t h e G o v e r n -

m e n t a n d s t u d e n t s a n d s t a f f .

The report, presen tly under review by the

Tanzanian Governmen t and NORAD sets o ut

10 proposals for further development and

renewal of this largest Afric an Management

D e v e l o p m e n t i n s t i t u t i o n .

FOR YOUR DIARYAnnouncing the Third I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n -

c e of IMTEC's " School-Year 2020" Project to

b e h e l d a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f O x f o r d , O x f o r d ,

UK, 4t h - 8th September 1990 .

T h i s c o n f e r e n c e , w h i c h i s b e i n g c o - o r g a n i s e d

by IMTEC and the Training Agency (UK), will

p r o v i d e a g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y t o m e e t e d u c a t o r s

i n v o l v e d i n t h e r e s t r u c t u r i n _ o f . _ e .duXiop i n

a world-wide netwoik`and, by working colla-

b o r a t i v e l y , t o p l a n e d u c a t i o n i n t h e f u t u r e .

The IMTEC project, "School-Year 20 20", wa s

e s t a b l i s h e d i n 1 9 8 7 ; t h e f i r s t i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o n -

f e r e n c e w a s h e l d i n F i n l a n d w i t h f o c u s o n t h e

r o l e o f t h e m e d i a a n d i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y

i n s c h o o l s o f t h e f u t u r e . T h e s e c o n d c o n f e r e n -

ce, held in Snowmass, Colorado in 1988, was

c o n c e r n e d w i t h t h e r e d e s i g n o f s c h o o l i n g . In

t e r m s o f t h e t h i r d c o n f e r e n c e , t h e i n t e n t i o n i s

to extend the successes of the Helsinki and

Snowmass conferences by bringing together

policy-makers, developers, innovative prac-

t i t i o n e r s , t r a i n e r s a n d r e s e a r c h e r s t o b u i l d a n

a g e n d a f o r a c t i o n - in order to make change

happen .

6

This agenda for action will have two dimen-

s i o n s : the conte nts (the "what") of future

s c h o o l i n g , a n d t h e p r o c e s s e s o f c h a n g e m a n a g e -

m e n t ( t h e " h o w " ) . T h e f o r m a t o f t h e c o n f e r e n c e

w i l l i t s e l f b e i n n o v a t i v e , b u t b a s e d a r o u n d a n

a p p r o p r ia t e b a l a n c e o f k e y - n o t e p r e s e n t a t i o n s,

case-study investigations and working-group

s e s s i o n s .

T h e s e t t i n g f o r t h e c o n f e r e n c e w i l l b e i n t h e

h i s t o r i c a n d b ea u t i f u l c i t y o f O x f o r d . W h e r e

b e t t e r t o c r e a t e v is i o ns of the future than

amidst the "dreaming spires" of Oxford? Ac-

commodation will be in Balliol and Trinity

C o l l e g e s , w h i c h a r e b o t h p a r t o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y

o f O x f o r d a n d s t e e p e d i n h i s t o r y t h e m s e l v e s .

S o t h e s e t t i n g w i l l b e t h e p a s t , t h e o c c a s i o n

w i l l b e t h e p r e s e n t a n d t h e p r e - o c c u p a t i o n w i l l

b e t h e f u t u r e .

I t i s m o s t a p p r o p r i a t e t h a t t h e 1 9 9 0 c o n f e r e n c e

s h o u l d b e l o c a t e d i n E n g l a n d , w h e r e a f e r m e n t

of innovation is cu rrently under way . I t i s

e q u a l l y a p p r o p r i a t e t h a t t h e T r a i n i n g A g e n c y

( U K ) - o n e o f t h e i n s t i g a t o r s o f t h i s f e r m e n t a -

t i o n p r o c e s s - s h o u l d b e c o - o r g a n i s i n j s u c h a

c o n f e r e n c e w h i c h a i m s t o m o b i l i s e e d u c a t i o n a -

l i s t s

" t o w a r d s v i s i o n s o f t h e f u t u r e " .

If you would like more details a bout the

c o n f e r e n c e , c o n t a c t :

T o m D o d d

2020 Conference Coordinator

Training Agency

TVEI Uni t

236 Grays Inn Road

L o n d o n W C 1 X 8 H L

England

WORKING GROUP FOR SCHOOL-BASEDDEVELOPMENTF o l l o w i n g t h e S c h o o l - Y e a r 2 0 2 0 I n t e r n a t i o n a l

C o n f e r e n c e i n C o l o r a d o ( O c t o b e r 1 9 8 8 ) , i t w a s

d e c i d e d t o c o n t i n u e t h e l i f e o f t h e c o n f e r e n c e ' s

workin g group concerned with School-Based

Development .

A small plannin g team, coordinat ed by Peter

Holly, met in Dortmund and Amsterdam to

o r g a n i s e a m a j o r e v e n t . A c a s e s t u d y v i s i t t o o k

p l a c e i n J u n e 1 9 8 9 , a n d t w e n t y - n i n e r e p r e s e n -

tatives from s e v e r a l c ou n t r i e s (Norway,

H o l l a n d , S p a i n , U S A , F i n l a n d , E n g l a n d , S c o t -

l a n d a n d N o r t h e r I r e l a n d ) p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e

e v e n t .

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Th e i n t e n t i o n was t o e x p lo r e s c h o o l - b a s e d

d e v e l o p m e n t i n a c t i o n i n t h e f o r m o f t h e P r o -

gramme of Evaluation in Grampian Schools

(PEGS) . The week proved a most i ntensive

investigation and was structured in three

s e c t i o n s :

t w o - d a y c a s e s t u d y v i s i t s t o p r o j e c t s c h o o l s

which provided material for a process

evaluation of the work of each of the

s c h o o l s i n v o l v e d . This provided a great

o p p o r t u n i t y t o i n t e r a c t w i t h t h e s c h o o l s o n

a c o n s u l t a n c y b a s i s ;

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•a n e n d - o f - y e a r c o n f e r e n c e f o r t h e p r o j e c t

s c h o o l s c o n t a i n i n g w o r k s h o p p r e s e n t a t i o n s ,

many of which were led by members of the

v i s i t i n g g r o u p ;

• a think-tank f or the working grou p mem-

b e r s o n t h e n a t u r e o f t h e w o r k i n p r o g r e s s

in Grampian and of school-based develop-

m e n t i t s e l f .

T h e v i s i t e n d e d w i t h a pl a n n i n g s e s s i o n d u r i n g

which future events were planned :

• B o s t o n , U S A , i n A p r i l 1 9 9 0 - t o b e o r g a n i -

s e d b y R i c h a r d B a s o m a n d S u s a n ' T o f t E v e r -

s o n

• O x f o r d , E n g l a n d , a s p a r t o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o -

n a l S c h o o l - Y e a r 2 0 2 0 c o n f e r e n c e s c h e d u l e d

for September 1990, to be organised by

Peter Holly with the help of the "Dutch

c o n n e c t i o n " , i n c l u d i ng B a s A u e r , B e a P r u i j t ,

L e i k e M e l c h e r s a n d L o u i s e v a n H a r t i n g s v e l d

• M u r c i a , S p a i n , p o s s i b l y i n J a n u a r y 1 9 9 1 -

organ ised by Juan Manuel Escudero

F o r f u r t h e r d e t a i l s o f t h e W o r k i n g G r o u p ' s

a c t i v i t i e s , p l e a s e c o n t a c t P e t e r H o l l y , D i r e c -

tor , IMTEC(UK), CRAC, Shera ton House ,

C a s t l e P a r k , C a m b r i d g e , C B 3 O A X , E n g l a n d .

F o r f u r t h e r d e t a i l s o f t h e P E G S i n i t i a t i v e ,

pl ease con tac t Larry Gray or Gordon

S h a n k s , a t : Grampian Regional Authority,

Education Department, Resources Centre,

Belmont Street , Aberdeen, ABl IJH, Scot-

l a n d .

Li t -

7

IMTEC STAFFThe f ollowing staff members work in or ou t

of Norwa y :

P e r D al i n continues to head IMTEC, and also

has spec ial responsibil ity for the work in

OECD-countr ies .

To r B e r g l i works on organizational develop-

ment and evaluation .

Mette E l d e v i k w o r k s o n e va l u a t io n , c on s u l ta n t

t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m s , a n d " 2 0 2 0 " .

No Ga jda work on computer p rogrammes .

T o r i l l H a a l a n d p r o v i d e s s e c r e t a r y s u p p o r t .

H a l l v a r d K A r e K u l e y i s o v e r a l l r e s p o n s i b l e f o r

overseas programmes .

I n g e r - J o h a n n e L a n g e c o n t i n u e s o n a p a r t - t i m e

b a s i s o n w o r d p r o c e s s i n g a n d d a t a b a s e - d e v e l o p -

ment .

Ne ls on Se p ul ve d a i s o u r f i n a n c e o f f i c e r .

Kari Milner Strom i s r e s e a r c h a s s i s t a n t .

Knut Stranden i s o v e r a l l r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e

p r o j e c t s i n t h e N o r d i c c o u n t r i e s .

Anne Welle-Strand is pr oject leader for the

data evaluation project and pedagogically

r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e P a k i s t a n p r o j e c t .

We welcome new staff : P e t e r H o l l y , K a t h e r i n e

Quigley and Dido Whitehead w h o a r e a l l w o r -

king to d evelop t he IMTEC-UK Foundatio n .

RECOMMENDED PUBLICATIONSTHE DEMOCRATIC TRADITION AND THEEVOLUTION OF SCHOOLING IN NORWAY,b y V a l D . Rust . Published by Greenwood

Press, London, 1989 . ISBN 013-26849-5 .

A w a r d e d t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l S y m b o l f o r N o r w a y ' s

250th anniversary of public education, this

study of educational reform in Norway, the

f i r s t e v e r i n E n g l i s h , i s o l a t e s a n d d e f i n e s t h e

h i s t o r i c a l f o r c e s t h a t h a v e m o u l d e d N o r w e g i a n

school reforms since the country gained its

independenc e .

The book examines the ways by whic h Norway

w a s a b l e t o m o v e f r o m a t r a d i t i o n a l d u a l i s t i c

s c h o o l s t r u c t u r e t o t h e m o r e c o m p r e h e n s i v e a n d

u n i f i e d f o r m t h a t s e r v e s t h e c o u n t r y t o d a y . I t

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f o c u s e s n o t o n l y o n t h e s t r u c t u r a l c h a n g e s t h a t

o c c u r e d i n p r i m a r y a n d s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l s , b u t

a l s o o n t h e e q u a l i t y o f e d u c a t i o n a l o p p o r t u n i t y

a n d t h e i s s u e o f w h e r e c o n t r o l o v e r e d u c a t i o n

l i e s .

C o n t e n t s :

S e c t i o n I : S o c i a l a n d E d u c a t i o n a l F o u n d a t i o n s

in Norway ; Democracy and Education in Pre-

Independent Norway; E d u c a t i on a l A l t e r n a t i v e s

at the Time of Independence ; E d u c a t i o n a l

Imperatives in Indepen dent Norway ;

S e c t i o n I I : F i r s t R e f o r m C y c l e : A Norwegi an

School StructureTakes F o r m ; E d u c a t i o n a l

Overtones in Romantic Naturalism ; The Winds

o f E d u c a t i o n a l R e f o r m ; S o c i a l R e f o r m I m p u l s e s

at Mid-Century ; H a r t v i g N i s s e n a n d t h e F o u n -

dation of Modern Schooling ;

S e c t i o n I I I : Second Reform Cycle : A Nor-

wegian Folk School ; A Common Fou ndat ion

S c h o o l ; Education Beyond the Folk School ;

E x t e n s i o n o f P a r t i c i p a t i o n i n E d u c a t i o n ; Wor-

kers and Their Education ;

Section IV : Third Refor m Cycle : Towards a

Unified School; Education in a Free Norway :

1905 and Beyond ; The Labor Party TakesCommand ; E d u c a t i o n d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I I a n d

i t s A f t e r m a t h ;

Section V: Fourth Reform Cycle : S t r u c t u r a l

Reform Comp let ed ; Experimenting with New

School Forms ; The Nine Year Basic School ;

Reform at the Upper Secondary School ;

S e c t i o n V I : Norwegian School Reform : Conse-

quences and Problems ; E q u a l i t y o f E d u c a t i o n a l

Opportunity; Control Issues in Norwegi an

Educ ation ; Educ ational Ref orm in Norway .

SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPROVE-MENT, edited by David Reynolds, Bert P .M .

Creemers and Ton Peters . P u b l i s h e d j o i n t l y b y :

School of Education, University of Wales

College of Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff,

Great Britai n and RION Institute for Educa-

t i o n a l R e s e a r c h , W e s t e r h a v e n 1 5 , P o s t b u s 1 2 8 6 ,

9701 BG Groningen, The Netherland s .

C o n t e n t s :

Section One : " S t a t e o f t h e A r t " Re vi ew s (D .

M a n n , D . R e y n o l d s , P . D a l i n ) .

S e c t i o n Tw o : S c ho o l E f f ec t i ve n e ss and Impro-

v e m e n t i n D i f f e r e n t C o u n t r i e s ( J . Chapma n, S .

Steven with assi stance from D . Banks, L . E .

Sackney , D . Reynolds, K . Aurin, B . P .M .

Creemers and E . Lugthart, M . Martin, D .

H a n n o n a n d P . Daly, P . Cuttance, G . R .

A u s t i n ) .

Section Three : S c h o o l E f f e c t i v e n e s s R e s e a r c h

a n d I s s u e s (W . L . M e l l o r , J . D . Chapman, C . T .

F i t z - G i b b o n , P . B . Tymms, R . D . H a z e l w o o d , P .

Cuttance, P . Sammons, A . F r a n k l y n - S t o ke s ,

H . P . B r a n d s m a , J .W .M . Knuver, M . J . d e J o n g ,W . v a n d e r G r i f t , G . V u l l ia m y ) .

Section Four : School Improvemen t Resea rch

a n d I s s u e s ( K . P i p e r , J . B a s h i , Z . Sass, L . S t o l l ,D. F i nk , R . A . W i c k s t r o m , B . J . C a l d w e l l ) .

PATHWAYS TO CHANGE, Improving the

Q u a l i t y o f E d u c a t i on i n D e v e l o p i n g C o u n t r i e s,

by Adriaan Verspo or . World Bank Discussion

Papers No . 5 3 . P u b l i s h e d b y t h e W o r l d B a n k ,

Washington, 1989 . ISBN 0-8213-1228-6 .

C o n t e n t s :

I . Background, II . Methodolo gy, III . Bank

Support for Educationa l Change, IV . The

Process of Change, V. I n i t i a ti o n , V I . I m p l e -

m e n t a t i o n S t r a t e g i e s : A Framework for Analy-

s i s , V I I . Implementation Strategies : Case

E x p e r i e n c e , V I I I . A d m i n i s t r a t i o n D e v e l o p m e n t ,

IX . T e a c h e r T r a i n i n g , X . B u i l d i n g a n d M a i n -

taining Commitment, XI . L a t e I m p l e m e n t a t i o n :

D e g r e e o f U s e , X I I . I n s t i t u t i o n a l i z a t i o n , X I I I .

Implementation an d Outc omes, XIV . The

Challenges o f Large-Scale Ch gIW,_, XV .

I t ' s p l i c a t i o n 3 T ° b r ' P r o j e c t D e s i g n and Impore-

m e n t a t i o n , B i b l i o g r a p h y .

ZUKUNFTSWISSEN UND BILDUNGSPER-SPEKTIVEN, edited by Joachim Jens Hesse,

Hans-Giinther Rolff and Christoph Z6pel .

P u b l i s h e d by N o m o s V e r l a g s g e s e l l s c h a f t ,

Baden-Baden, 1988 . ISBN 3-7890-1627-6 .

C o n t e n t s :

Vorbemerkung (editors),

I . Einfuhrung ( C . Z 6 p e l , H.-G . R o l f f ) ,

I I . Bestandsaufnahme and erkennbare Ent-

wicklungen ( B . Lutz, W . Klauder, E . B e c k -

Gernsheim, J . Z i n n e c k e r ) ,

I I I . P e r s p e k t i v e n a n d H a n d l u n g s m o g l i c h k e i t e n

( P . D a l i n , E .-U . v o n W e i z s i c k e r , H . S c h m i d t ,W . S c h l a f f k e , H . P r e i s s , P . Meyer-Dohm),

IV . D i s k u s s i o n s b e i t r i l g e ( U . von Alemann, R .

Mackensen, R . Kreibich, K . Nevermann, U .

B a t t i s , W . Schuchardt, M . K a i s e r ) ,V . Zusammenfassung and A u s b l i c k ( T . E l l w e i n ,

J . J . H e s s e ) ,

VI . Anhang, Autorenverzeichnis .

"REPORT FROM SNOWMASS", a p r e s e n t a t i o n

o f t h e s e c o n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l " 2 0 2 0 " - c o n f e r e n c e

in "Note -Worthy", th e McREL-journal .

C o n t a c t : Larry Hutchin sMcREL12500 E . M i f f A v e . , S u i t e 2 0 1

Aurora, CO 8001 4, USA

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