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

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.

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

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?