Large-Scale Instructional Innovation and the Power of Education Research

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

How and under what conditions can powerful instructional innovation be brought to scale? And what role does/should education research play in the large-scale transformation of teaching and learning? This symposium will address these questions by bringing together leaders of large-scale initiatives of instructional transformation with demonstrated success. Mary Jean Gallagher (Ontario Reform Strategy, Canada), Henry Levin (Accelerated Schools, US), Vicky Colbert (Escuela Nueva, Colombia), and Santiago Rincón-Gallardo (Learning Community Project, Mexico) will describe the instructional innovation advanced through their respective initiatives, the processes and the conditions under which they were brought to scale, key achievements and challenges, and the role educational research has played to spur or support large-scale instructional innovation.

Sub Unit

• International Relations Committee

Chair

• Dennis Lynn Shirley, Boston College

Papers

• Ontario Reform Strategy and Large-Scale Instructional Improvement - Mary Jean Gallagher, Ontario Ministry of Education

• Large-Scale Instructional Improvement and Accelerated Schools - Henry M. Levin, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Escuela Nueva and Large-Scale Instructional Innovation in Colombia - Vicky Colbert, Fundación Escuela Nueva

• Learning Community Project and Large-Scale Instructional Innovation in Mexico - Santiago Rincon-Gallardo, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Discussant

• Michael Fullan, OISE/University of Toronto