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SUMMARY:הרצאה: ד"ר נעמה סדן. מארחת: פרופ' טלי ט
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DESCRIPTION:Lecturer:\n Location:\n Zoom: \n Networks\, Norms and Education
 al Change: The Case of Environmental Learning\nThe aspiration to transform
  society through educational innovation is a primary motivator for individ
 uals\, organizations\, governments\, and a myriad of cultural actors. Howe
 ver\, the implementation of these innovations often falters when faced wit
 h entrenched organizational and institutional barriers. This talk addresse
 s a fundamental question in educational research: How do collective struct
 ures create the conditions for change\, and how do individual and organiza
 tional actors successfully navigate institutional constraints to enact tha
 t change?\nTo answer this question\, I review a few studies I conducted to
  examine the implementation of the new environmental education approach in
  San Mateo County\, California. Drawing on institutional theory\, I analyz
 e the implementation of environmental education at the meso-level of organ
 izational structures\, focusing on the critical roles of networks and norm
 s. The majority of my talk will focus on findings from a study of 95 teach
 er entrepreneurs leading environmental education initiatives\, demonstrati
 ng how their success was shaped by network dependency and institutional no
 rm alignment. This case study illuminates the broader institutional challe
 nges of advancing educational change\, concluding with recommendations f
 or how networks and norms can be intentionally designed to facilitate rath
 er than constrain such innovation.\nI will conclude by presenting two curr
 ent directions of my work. One\, looking into the future\, asks how we can
  utilize large-scale datasets to manage environmental education integratio
 n at the school district level. The second\, drawing on past practices\, t
 akes a new approach to bridging science and religious education\, explorin
 g how teaching ritual behaviors and community rituals can and already do s
 hape norms of environmental practice.\n\nShort Bio: \nNaama Sadan is a p
 ostdoctoral researcher at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and an
  affiliate of the Ardoin Socioecology Lab. She is a former high school tea
 cher and current researcher working on fostering cultural shifts toward en
 vironmental sustainability in institutions. Originally from Jerusalem\, Is
 rael\, she completed her Ph.D. at the Hebrew University\, conducting field
 work in California as a visiting student researcher at UC Berkeley. Her di
 ssertation examined the organizational structures that support eco-literac
 y integration in school districts. At Stanford\, her research explores the
  role of rituals in promoting environmental education and sustainable beha
 viors in both religious and non-religious contexts. Naama also serves as c
 o-chair of the Applied Collaboratory for Religion and Ecology (ACRE)\, a S
 tanford-based initiative\, and is an advisor for the California Eco-Litera
 cy Initiative (CALEI)\, advancing sustainability education integration in 
 California schools.\n\n

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