Chapter 2: Understand the Challenge of Improvement

Theories of Action have three components, which one is NOT one of those components?

• the actions (the behaviors)

• the beliefs and values that give rise to those actions

• intended and unintended consequences of those beliefs and actions

• teacher responsiveness to failed outcomes

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

The difficulty of change is __________ to the degree of tension between the theories of action and current practice and the theories of action required by the proposed new practice.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What are the two types of Theories of Action?

• Theory in Use

• Sociocultural Theory

• Espoused Theory

• Behavioral Theory

Espoused Theories are important because they express the standards and aspirations against which we want our individual and organizational actions to be judged.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Espoused Theories are impor

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What attributes pertain to single-loop learning?

• Changes are required to beliefs and values as well as actions.

• Mismatches between intended and actual consequences are reduced.

• Assumptions are made rather than checking.

Think of a group of students for whom your team has struggled to shift an important academic or social outcome. What were some of your team's actions, values & beliefs, and intended/unintended consequences?

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1