https://doi.org/10.31261/CHOWANNA.2006.26.02
The processes of globalization necessitate changes in the educational systems of individual countries, while education is perceived as a means to achieve the goal of participating in civilizational development. Educational changes are becoming increasingly difficult to implement, and change management is becoming more complex. The failure of education—viewed as an investment in social development—may, in the future, lead to economic failure. Educational reforms are common in wealthy countries, where being an educated person is a value in itself, but also in post-communist countries, where there has been intense pressure to introduce educational reforms as part of the broader transformation of society into a democratic one. A good example of this is Poland, where comprehensive educational reforms have been introduced over the past few years. Knowledge about changes, strategies, and paradigms of their implementation is necessary for teachers not only to better understand them and thus experience less stress but also to enable them to initiate changes in their own work, adapt what is worth adapting, and reject what is unnecessary or ineffective. Knowledge of change also helps reduce resistance and fosters a broader understanding of educational policy principles. Studying the processes of change and the functioning of teachers in the context of educational reforms is one of the most important tasks of contemporary pedagogical studies. The majority of educational changes still take place within schools. Large-scale reforms aim not merely to introduce changes in schools but to transform schools themselves, which is a far more challenging task. Polish education is currently at a crucial stage of development. The school reform has been implemented, and significant transformations are taking place in many areas. Therefore, this is the right time to attempt a synthesis of general knowledge about change and to assess certain trends and tendencies in educational management to avoid repeating the mistakes of others while minimizing our own. There is a real risk that the current education reform may turn into a system of ritualized, superficial, and illusory changes.
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Vol. 1 No. 26 (2006)
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