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The Teacher as Change Agent
Graham Badleya a Essex Further Education Teachers' Centre,
To cite this Article Badley, Graham(1986) 'The Teacher as Change Agent', Professional Development in Education, 12: 3,
151 — 158
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The Teacher as Change Agent Graham Badley, Essex Further Education Teachers' Centre
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Introduction Teachers in schools and colleges are now engaged in a major curriculum change — TVEI — which 'burst upon an unsuspecting educational world in November 1982' (Seckington 1985) and which received an often hostile reception. The purpose of this paper is to provide an outline for the teacher of the change process and to examine specifically the teacher's role as a TVEI change agent. The current 'TRIST' Scheme (TVEl-Ralated In-Service Training) also provides a useful case study of the kind of training being provided for teachers in schools and colleges as they prepare for their roles as TVEI change agents, active protagonists of technical and vocational relevance in the
curriculum. The paper deals with three major elements in the process of change: 1. the proposed change or innovation 2. the context of change 3. the role of the change agent These elements themselves interact and alter over time so that the change process can also be examined in terms of three major stages: 1. analysis 2. implementation 3. evaluation
