ABSTRACT

Change is hard for teachers too: school life encourages them to form habits, and teachers may be attached to their existing practices. Behavioral 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. Administrators may need to demonstrate the value of the change, to highlight immediate benefits and reduce immediate costs, and to emphasize 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. Administrators may need to relaunch change with teachers.