Members of the Decatur Change Effort

Charles Reigeluth - Indiana University Professor, Advisor to Decatur Project

Dr. Charles Reigeluth is a professor in the Instructional Systems Technology Department at Indiana University, and is a past chairman of the department. His research focuses on systemic change in public education and the design of high quality instruction. He has published eight books and over ninety articles and chapters on those subjects, and two of his books received an "outstanding book of the year" award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). He has also received the "Distinguished Service" award from AECT and the "Honored Alumnus" award from Brigham Young University's School of Education. Dr. Reigeluth is a major developer of knowledge about facilitating the systemic change process in public school districts, and is the major developer of several instructional design theories, including the elaboration theory and simulation theory. He has a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Instructional Psychology from Brigham Young University. He taught science at the secondary level for three years. He views helping to raise three wonderful children as his most rewarding accomplishment, but helping schools to attain dramatic improvements is his passion.

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