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2. Changes in students‟ learning outcomes;3. Changes in teachers‟ attitudes and beliefs. (Guskey 2002, p.383)Early theories on teacher change introduced a traditional model <strong>of</strong> this phenomenon asproposed by Lewin (1935 cited in Guskey, 2002, p.382). Within this model, changes inteacher's practices occur only after maintaining changes in teacher's beliefs and attitudes,finally, changes in students learning outcomes can occur as shown in Figure (2.1) below:Figure 2.1: Traditional Model <strong>of</strong> Teacher Change (Lewin, 1935 citedin Guskey 2002,p.382)This sequence may explain reasons <strong>of</strong> several INSET programmes insufficiencies. Suchineffectiveness may be attributed to the fact that these programmes tried to change teachers‟attitudes and beliefs, in a relatively short time. In addition, these programmes have failed ingiving teachers the chance to be convinced <strong>of</strong> these programmes‟ practical impact on studentslearning outcomes.25

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