Planned Educational Change and Models of Professional Communication

Authors

  • Marie Welford

Keywords:

Educational Change, Reform, Communication, Model, Modes of Communication, Alternative Methods, Structures, Special Education, Review, Change, Education System, Teacher, Practitioners, Provision

Abstract

What kind of change in the structures of special education will emerge out of the process of review currently under way? Will change proceed from the top down or evolve out of a planned system of communication between teachers and decision makers which acknowledges the concerns and expertise of the practitioners? 

References

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McGee, P. (1990). “Acts, Commissions and Change.” REACH Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1989/90. IATSE, Teachers' Centre, Drumcondra, Dublin.

Stenhouse, L. (1987). "Artistry and Teaching: the Teacher as Focus of Research and Development.” Boyd-Barrett, Oliver and Braham, Peter, (Eds.), 1987. Media, Knowledge and Power. London and Sydney: Croom Helm.

Winn, V. (1987). The Dissemination of Information. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.

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Published

1992-11-11

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Welford, M. (1992). Planned Educational Change and Models of Professional Communication. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 5(2), 80–88. Retrieved from https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/454

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (1992)

Section

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