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Sembi, Pritpal Singh – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2012
This autobiographical case study is concerned with the personal journey of the author as he attempts to implement a technology-based innovation within the HE institution in which he teaches. This study scrutinises the author's role as "change agent" and examines his personal situational power base in the context of the institution's…
Descriptors: Models, Change Agents, Innovation, Educational Change
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Goria, Cecilia, Ed.; Speicher, Oranna, Ed.; Stollhans, Sascha, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Nottingham hosted the fifth annual conference in the "Innovative Language Teaching at University" series. Under the heading "Enhancing participation and collaboration" the conference, organised by Cecilia Goria, Oranna Speicher and Sascha Stollhans, took…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Classroom Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Lance, Ann – Ethnography and Education, 2006
Although standards and accountability continue to be at the centre of education policy in England, there has been a shift in emphasis encouraging practitioners to take ownership of and deliver a broader curriculum. This article explores specific projects in one primary school that highlight the way in which staff are embracing, extending and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Elementary Schools, Urban Schools
Corbett, Anne – Prospects, 1974
The effectiveness of a decentralized, grass roots approach to innovation, relying on individuals, groups, institutions, and councils, and the problems involved in this approach are discussed. (DE)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Decentralization
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Pratt, Simon – Educational Management and Administration, 1983
Summarizes two master's dissertations on uses of microcomputer systems in secondary schools in England. (MD)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Computers, Databases, Educational Administration
GOLDBERG, STANLEY – 1968
COMPARED ARE THE RESPONSES TO EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY IN FOUR COUNTRIES BETWEEN THE YEARS 1905 AND 1911. THE COUNTRIES STUDIED ARE GERMANY, FRANCE, ENGLAND, AND THE UNITED STATES. ON THE BASIS OF THE RESPONSE, NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC STYLES ARE IDENTIFIED, AND THESE STYLES ARE RELATED TO PREVIOUS NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DOING SCIENCE AND…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational History, Innovation, Physics
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Bailey, Matt – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2005
The author of this paper, Matt Bailey, has taught for six years at Northcliffe School, Doncaster, where he is the NUT representative, and Head of Science. A member of the NUT's national working-party on academies, he outlines here the first successful campaign waged by a local community to thwart the imposition of a privately-run Academy in place…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Career Academies, School Community Relationship
Corbett, Anne – 1971
This publication is one in a series of case studies dealing with educational innovation in various western European countries and the United States. This particular report discusses educational innovation in England. Because the British central government is much less involved in educational matters than are many other governments, English…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Innovation