References and Further Reading

Here are some references used in the blog posts:

Papers

Byrne, David. (2014). Thoughts on a Pedagogy OF Complexity. Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education. 11. 10.29173/cmplct22963.

Byrne, D. (2013) 'Evaluating complex social interventions in a complex world.', Evaluation., 19 (3). pp. 217-228.

Clark, H. (2004). Deciding the Scope of a Theory of Change. New York: ActKnowledge

Cunningham, R. (2003). Complexity theory and school improvement: some possible connections

Greenhalgh, T., Papoutsi, C. Studying complexity in health services research: desperately seeking an overdue paradigm shift. BMC Med 16, 95 (2018) doi:10.1186/s12916-018-1089-4

Connell, J.P. and Kubisch, A.C. (1998). Applying a theory of change approach to the evaluation of comprehensive community initiatives: progress, prospects, and problems. New approaches to evaluating community initiatives, 2(15-44), pp.1-16.

Stenhouse, L. (1985). Research as a basis for teaching: Readings from the work of Lawrence Stenhouse (J. Ruddock & D. Hopkins Eds.). London, UK: Heinemann. Page 5.

Books

Axelrod, R. and Cohen, M.D., 2008. Harnessing complexity. Basic books.

Campbell, A. (2016). Winners: And How They Succeed. United Kingdom: Penguin Random House.

Collins, J., 2001. Good to Great. Harper Business

Collins, J., 2006. Good to Great and the Social Sectors. Random House.

Cummins & Di Prato, (2022). Game Changers:

Leading Today's Learning for Tomorrow's World. Hawker-Brownlow

Dix, P. (2017). When the Adults Change, Everything Changes: Seismic Shifts in School Behaviour. United Kingdom: Crown House Publishing.

Holland, John H., 2004. Complexity: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford.

Fiennes, C. , 2012. It ain't what you give, it's the way that you give it. [Giving Evidence]

Gleick, J., (1988) Chaos: the amazing science of the unpredictable

Lemov et al., (2023), Reconnect- Building School Culture for Meaning, Purpose and Belonging'. Jossey-Bass

Mohamed, H. (2020) People Like Us.

Morrison, K.,(2002). School Leadership and Complexity Theory

Obolensky, N., (2019). More for Less: the Complex Adaptive Leader

Wiliam, D. (2016). Leadership for Teacher Learning: Creating a Culture Where All Teachers Improve So That All Students Succeed. Learning Sciences International

Podcast Episodes

Jim Collins on the Tim Ferriss podcast, 'a rare interview with a reclusive polymath': https://tim.blog/2019/02/18/jim-collins/

Juliet Corbett Podcast: https://www.consultjuliet.co.uk/post/089-impactful-state-school-partnerships-with-graeme-lawrie-mbe

Rory Sutherland on the Steven Bartlett podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/e165-the-marketing-secrets-apple-tesla-always-use/id1291423644?i=1000574601018

Revisionist History in which Malcolm Gladwell reflects on the legacy of his work in Outliers around the 'birthday gap':

https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/outliers-revisited

Videos

Mark Mason on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk2s7gumXMY

Conformity Experiment, useful for CPD on School Culture: Conformity Experiment - YouTube [thanks to Sean Harris for this!]

Websites and Links

Impact and Evaluation:

https://impacted.org.uk/

https://mrnickhart.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/the-challenge-of-school-leadership-complexity-and-context/

Statistics - North East Deomographics

Child Poverty Statistics - End Child Poverty

School Leadership

https://www.jimcollins.com/

https://www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/