Dr. James Mannion, Director of Rethinking Education and an expert in self-regulated learning, discusses the complexities of implementing change in education. He emphasizes that change requires more than just leadership; it demands collaboration and shared learning. James outlines practical strategies from his recent book, focusing on the ethical use of behavioral science and the importance of transparency. He advocates for leveraging dissenting voices, enhancing meeting facilitation, and adopting innovative group dynamics to drive effective educational reform.
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Why Change is So Hard
Change in education is inherently difficult due to human habits and organizational scale.
Top-down heroic leadership often fails because complex problems need collaborative approaches.
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Use Diverse Slice Teams
Assemble diverse 'slice teams' of relevant stakeholders to oversee change.
Treat change as a long-term process needing iterative review and adjustment.
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Change as Complex Intervention
Change initiatives are complex interventions with many parts and impact varies.
Regular data collection enables iterative decisions to pivot or persevere with strategies.
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This book synthesizes change management literature and strategies. It provides practical guidance for implementing school improvement initiatives. The book addresses the challenges of top-down change in education. It offers solutions-focused approaches for educators. It focuses on improving outcomes for children and young people.
Fear Is the Mind Killer
Fear Is the Mind Killer
Kate McAllister
James Mannion
This week, we're thinking about how change happens, or more often doesn't happen in formal education! What are the practical approaches that education leaders and policy-makers sometimes miss when they are initiating change management and innovation processes. This week we welcome back Dr James Mannion to the podcast, in light of the recent publication of his book 'Making Change Stick'. He's done a fabulous job of synthesising the change management literature, including techniques and strategies from many disciplines so that you don't have to.
Dr James Mannion is the Director of Rethinking Education, a teacher training organisation dedicated to improving outcomes for children and young people through implementation science, self-regulated learning and practitioner inquiry. He has a Masters in person-centred education from the University of Sussex, and a PhD in self-regulated learning from the University of Cambridge. James is an Associate of Oracy Cambridge: The Hughes Hall Centre for Effective Spoken Communication, through which he provides training and consultancy for schools and other organisations, such as the National Gallery. He is a renowned expert in metacognition, self-regulation and self-regulated learning, and regularly presents on these topics at national and international conferences. James is also the host of the popular Rethinking Education podcast, now in the top 3% globally, which features long-form conversations about how we might reform education to bring about a more harmonious, less hair-raising state of world affairs. With Kate McAllister, James is the co-author of Fear is the Mind Killer: Why Learning to Learn deserves lesson time – and how to make it work for your pupils. He has also more recently published Making Change Stick: A Practical Guide to Implementing School Improvement.
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