Chris Brown
Teachers as educational change agents: what do we currently know? findings from a systematic review
Brown, Chris; White, Robert; Kelly, Anthony
Authors
Robert White
Anthony Kelly
Abstract
Change agents are individuals who can successfully transform aspects of how organisations operate. In education, teachers as change agents are increasingly seen as vital to the successful operation of schools and self-improving school systems. To date, however, there has been no systematic investigation of the nature and role of teacher change agents. To address this knowledge gap, we undertook a systematic review into five key areas regarding teachers as change agents. After reviewing 70 outputs we found that current literature predominantly positions teacher change agents as the deliverers of top-down change, with the possibility of bottom-up educational reform currently neglected.
Citation
Brown, C., White, R., & Kelly, A. (2021). Teachers as educational change agents: what do we currently know? findings from a systematic review. Emerald Open Research, 3(26), https://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.14385.1
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 1, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 15, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021 |
Deposit Date | Dec 17, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 17, 2021 |
Journal | Emerald Open Research |
Electronic ISSN | 2631-3952 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 26 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.14385.1 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1218624 |
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© 2021 Brown C et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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