Professional Learning Flagship Program: Leading Curriculum Change

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Published: Melbourne Australia October 2011This literature review was commissioned by AITSL in May 2011 to inform the learning design ofthe Professional Learning Flagship Program: Leading Curriculum Change. The first round of thisprogram commenced in August 2011.The views, findings, conclusions and recommendations herein are those of the authors ad do notnecessarily represent the official positions or policies of AITSL or the educational institutions of theauthors.AITSL is funded by the Australian Government. Copyright ©2011 the Australian Institute for Teachingand School Leadership (AITSL).All rights reserved.aitsl.edu.auFor more information contact professionallearning@aitsl.edu.au
ContentsIntroduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1Curriculum change: Implications for leadership ............................................................................ 2The challenge of curriculum change .................................................................................................... 4Factors which promote curriculum change .......................................................................................... 5Recommendations ............................................................................................................................... 8Research on professional learning ................................................................................................. 9The potential of professional learning ................................................................................................. 9Features of successful professional learning programs ..................................................................... 10Online professional learning .............................................................................................................. 12Teacher preferences in professional learning ................................................................................... 13Professional learning communities ..................................................................................................... 14Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 17The processes of leadership ........................................................................................................... 18Distributed leadership ......................................................................................................................... 20Teacher leadership ............................................................................................................................. 22Curriculum leadership ......................................................................................................................... 27Curriculum leadership and social justice ............................................................................................ 32Recommendations ............................................................................................................................. 33Conclusion and recommendations ................................................................................................ 34References ....................................................................................................................................... 35
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