ABSTRACT
Change is hard for teachers too: school life encourages them to form habits, and teachers may be attached to their existing practices. Behavioural science can support teachers to change: its strategies can be applied directively or consensually, depending on teachers’ expertise. We should specify a habit, or a bitesize goal. Leaders may need to demonstrate the value of the change, to highlight immediate benefits and reduce immediate costs, and to emphasise that others are pursuing the change too. Teachers may need to plan what they will do, and when. Teachers may benefit from practice, and defaults. Leaders may need to relaunch change with teachers.
