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Andrew (Andy) Hargreaves, Dennis Shirley - The Fourth Way_ The Inspiring Future for Educational Change-Corwin (2009)

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The Fourth Way

Along with Andy Hargreaves, Dennis publishes frequently in Educational

Leadership, the Phi Delta Kappan, Teachers College Record, and

Education Week. The two recently conducted a study of more than 300

secondary schools in the United Kingdom affiliated with the Raising

Achievement, Transforming Learning network of the Specialist Schools

and Academies Trust. In addition, they have just completed a study of the

Alberta (Canada) Initiative for School Improvement, a network sponsoring

lateral learning within and across schools in the world’s second highest–

achieving jurisdiction after Finland.

A fluent speaker of German, Dennis recently has spoken at and advised

the Free University of Berlin, the University of Vienna, the University

of Hildesheim, and the University of Dortmund on topics ranging from

community engagement in schools to the reform of teacher education. At

home in Boston, Massachusetts, Dennis is in the fifth year of leading a

teacher inquiry seminar along with teacher leader Elizabeth MacDonald.

This seminar is described in their recently published Teachers College

Press book entitled The Mindful Teacher.

Dennis has received numerous scholarly awards, including fellowships

from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Bad Godesberg, Germany,

and the Rockefeller Study and Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy. He

holds a doctoral degree from Harvard University.

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