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Indigenous Invention: New Promises for School Reform by Paul E. Heckman & Francine Peterman — 1996In recent years, there has been general recognition of the need for changes in the public
school system, and various reform efforts have been and are currently underway
throughout the country. We describe here two processes or strategies used in these change
efforts. First is the historical and current use of the implementation-of-innovations
process and its failure to promote sufficient school change for all children, especially
those in low-income areas, to achieve and be successful. The second is “indigenous
invention," a strategy supported by evidence of changes in elementary schools participating
in the foundation-funded school-change effort known as the Educational and Community
Change (ECC) Project. The indigenous invention process acknowledges that
those indigenous to the school and neighborhood can bring about changes in schools
that will engage the children and promote learning, and have the potential to decrease
the school dropout rate.To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Paul Heckman
University of Arizona
- Francine Peterman
Cleveland State University
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