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Large Scale Pedagogical Transformation as Widespread Cultural Change in Mexican Public Schools

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Large Scale Pedagogical Transformation as Widespread Cultural Change in Mexican Public Schools
Abstract/Description
This article examines how and under what conditions a new pedagogy can spread at scale using the Learning Community Project (LCP) in Mexico as a case study. Started as a small-scale, grassroots pedagogical change initiative in a handful of public schools, LCP evolved over an 8-year period into a national policy that spread its pedagogy of tutorial relationships to 9000 schools. The author conceptualizes large scale pedagogical transformation as a process of widespread cultural change that occurs when a new pedagogy developed by a critical community is adopted by movements who disseminate it in three arenas: the social, political, and pedagogical arenas. The author examines the scale reached by LCP relative to the dimensions of spread, depth, ownership, and sustainability proposed by Coburn (Educ Res 32(6):3–12, 2003). It then extracts seven principles to change pedagogy at scale: 1) Turn ‘disadvantage’ into possibility; 2) Establish a clear purpose centered on student learning and a compelling vision of effective pedagogy; 3) Directly change the instructional core; 4) Create multiple opportunities to observe, practice, and refine the new pedagogy; 5) Attract the support of system leaders, or become one; 6) Change the surrounding institutional environment from the inside out; and 7) Keep a strong link between design and execution.
Author/creator
Rincón-Gallardo, Santiago
Date
2016
In publication
Journal of Educational Change
Volume
17
Issue
4
Pages
411-436
Resource type
en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Empirical
Keywords
Instructional innovation
Pedagogical change
Cultural change
Instructional change
Instructional core
Large-scale change
Language
en
Open access/full-text available
en No
Peer reviewed
en Yes
ISSN
1573-1812
DOI
10.1007/s10833-016-9286-4
URL
Official Publisher's Webpage (Springer Link)
Citation
Rincón-Gallardo, S. (2016). Large Scale Pedagogical Transformation as Widespread Cultural Change in Mexican Public Schools. Journal of Educational Change, 17(4), 411–436. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-016-9286-4
Cited in
Scale and Sustainability of Education Innovation and Improvement
Abbreviation
J Educ Change
Item sets
OB Citations - Scale and Sustainability of Education Innovation and Improvement

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