Implementation dip michael fullan biography

Reaching for the Highest Gains

In their influential research, Student Achievement Through Staff Development, Bruce Joyce and Beverly Showers (2002) described five components to professional learning design.

Change Leadership

Along with their earlier research, this study is fundamental to establishing an understanding of adult learning as well as the importance of ongoing support in implementing change. The table below highlights the components and their impact in terms of percent gain in knowledge, skills, and implementation.

The Implementation Dip

Michael Fullan defines the “implementation dip” as “the inevitable bumpiness and difficulties encountered as people learn new behaviors and beliefs.”

In Leading in a Culture of Change (2001), Fullan writes that “the implementation dip is literally a dip in performance and confidence as one encounters an innovation that requires new skills and new understandings.

All innovations worth their salt call upon people to question and in some respects Leading in a Culture of Change, 2nd Edition - O'Reilly Media REV