THREE APPROACHES
Deciding on the Starting Point -- The Three Major Approaches to Changemaking.
The Three Approaches:
Combined Approaches. Effective changemaking often involves a combination of approaches. A direct approach such as introducing the powerful metaphor that the mind is a muscle, for example, can be augmented through group-work and such "situational" factors (for example, class size or the use of time itself -- events that repeat themselves over the course of the school year.) One of the most powerful examples of such a combined approach is Mary Gordon’s baby-in-the-classroom project.
For more depth, check outThree Approaches, Annotated.
The Three Approaches:
- The Direct Approach -- focusing on the problem at hand, usually by taking one link in a delivery chain. It also focuses on the individuals.
- The Group Approach -- focusing on the way people congregate. Kurt Lewin, the founding father of social psychology said it best, “Group dynamics can be the biggest barriers and the biggest motivators for change.”
- The Indirect Approach -- focusing on overlooked organizational, institutional or "environmental" resources.
Combined Approaches. Effective changemaking often involves a combination of approaches. A direct approach such as introducing the powerful metaphor that the mind is a muscle, for example, can be augmented through group-work and such "situational" factors (for example, class size or the use of time itself -- events that repeat themselves over the course of the school year.) One of the most powerful examples of such a combined approach is Mary Gordon’s baby-in-the-classroom project.
For more depth, check outThree Approaches, Annotated.