KNOWLEDGE USE AND THE DYNAMICS OF MANAGING CURRICULUM CHANGE

This article explores the relationships between knowledge use (KU) and curriculum change management. Managing or coping with curriculum chan ge has been conceptualized as consisting of a technical dynamic, a pol itical dynamic, and a cultural dynamic. A parallel line of thinking ca n be detected in the KU literature in that the functions which KU serv es may be for instrumental, capacity-building, or enlightenment purpos es. This study investigates the relationship between KU and change man agement with respect to these three dynamics. The political dynamics o f the implementation process stand out as being a particularly importa nt correlate of KU.