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Schensul, Stephen L. – 1977
In 1976 and 1977, the New York region team of the Documentation and Technical Assistance Project (DTA), Center for New Schools (Chicago, Illinois), conducted 12 seminars on major issues concerning school improvement, based on observations by documentation teams in nine school community sites. The information is then disseminated to technical…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination
Download full textClark, Burton R. – 1987
The condition of the academic profession today is examined with a focus on the teaching and research functions in the academy. The diverse settings in which academics work are considered in three parts: (1) the foundations of the academic profession (the evolution of institutions; the elaboration of disciplines; and the open system); (2) the…
Descriptors: Careers, College Faculty, Culture, Higher Education
Peer reviewedOstrander, Susan A.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1978
An information feedback model and an ideology of evaluation are posed and contrasted with experiences in evaluation research. Impact on policy is the criterion for success of an evaluation and political constraints block this impact. Some ways social researchers might conceptualize and construct an appropriate base of power are considered.…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Feedback, Grants, Individual Power
Peer reviewedO'Neil, Robert M.; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1990
Presents excerpts from a symposium in Charlottesville (VA) at which researchers, policymakers, and journalists discussed educational issues and the relationship of research to reform. Discusses issues concerning communication problems between groups and why it is important to keep talking with each other. Explores ways of improving the…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Context, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedSlavin, Robert E. – Educational Researcher, 1990
Explores reasons for the tenuous relationship between educational research and educational practice. Suggests changes in research and policy to bring educational research directly to bear on educational problems. The major problem is that researchers are searching for variables that relate to improved outcomes, whereas educational innovators are…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Improvement Programs
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1982
The papers in this collection were presented at an international symposium on improving the management of urban research, particularly through city-university collaboration. An introductory framework paper summarizes the range of research services available to local government, the types of urban research activity, and the problems of urban…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, City Government, Cooperative Programs
