@ARTICLE{26543118_26546774_2008, author = {Kirill Zinkovsky}, keywords = {, general education system, educational reforms, schoolsdevelopment zones}, title = {Investigating the mechanisms of reform in large social systems: Case study of the general education system}, journal = {Educational Studies Moscow}, year = {2008}, number = {3}, pages = {145-154}, url = {https://archive_vo.hse.ru/en/2008--3/26546774.html}, publisher = {}, abstract = {The article analyzes the varying efficiency of the same strategies and methods of development of general education systems. A review of Western practices and research conducted by the Education Development Institute of the HSE show that development mechanisms are particularly efficient in schools situated in specific reform zones. The authors call them development zones.}, annote = {The article analyzes the varying efficiency of the same strategies and methods of development of general education systems. A review of Western practices and research conducted by the Education Development Institute of the HSE show that development mechanisms are particularly efficient in schools situated in specific reform zones. The authors call them development zones.} }