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 | This issue of McREL's magazine Changing Schools encourages readers to take a second look at their own practices and ask why they're doing what they're doing. | | Authors | McREL | | Target Audience | Administrators and policy makers |  Key Ideas | In "Understanding resistance: Lessons from a river," Jim Eck urges school leaders to consider why stakeholders may resist change, including whether they perceive the change as a relatively routine "first-order" change or as a more complex, values-challenging "second-order" change.
Anne Tweed writes about the importance of tapping student curiosity in the science classroom in "Inquiry turns naturally curious students into scientists." The accompanying lesson plan, "Can sea water freeze?" demonstrates how to use inquiry in science classrooms.
John Kendall argues in "Why one size doesn't fit all" that it's time to re-examine the standards we have set for students and this time around, answer the question: What is the right challenge for each particular student?
In "Asking why when observing classrooms," Howard Pitler asserts that when conducting classroom walkthroughs, school leaders should observe not only what teachers are doing, but also determine the extent to which teachers understand why they are doing what they're doing. |  How to Get this Product | Download the entire publication as a pdf file.
Click here to sign up for a free subscription to this and other McREL "free-sources." | | APA Citation | Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning. (2007, Fall.) Changing Schools, 56. | | You may be interested in | |
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