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Understanding educational change -- What is educational change? -- Initiating educational change -- The implementation stage -- Why educational changes fail -- Case studies -- A sudden need for English teachers -- A change in teaching approach -- Introducing a new subject in primary school -- Planning to implement educational change : beginning at the beginning -- Introducing ICT to support language teaching in one institution -- Introducing a new national curriculum -- Planning the development of a new initial teacher education curriculum -- Setting the scene for successful change : beginning at the beginning.