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Tomáš Janík; Jan Slavík; Petr Najvar; Tereza Cešková – Routledge Research in Education, 2024
This volume presents a novel, theoretical, micro-analytical model -- the 3A Methodology -- for assessing the quality of school education. Drawing on philosophers as well as theoretical and pedagogical traditions from European and American contexts, the authors construct a model that is relevant to teachers, researchers, and teacher educators…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Instructional Improvement, Educational Research, Research Methodology
Watt, Sherry K., Ed.; Mahatmya, Duhita, Ed.; Mohebali, Milad, Ed.; Martin-Stanley, Charles R., II, Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2022
This book presents a state-of-the-art, robust, and adaptable process, the Theory of Being, that offers strategies for working across Difference, and for embarking on constructive dialogue around the issues that drive us apart, both individually and collectively. Whether around racial, gender, and/or social class inequity, core beliefs, uses of…
Descriptors: Social Differences, Cultural Differences, Interpersonal Communication, Conflict Resolution
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Liou, Daniel D. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2016
This article intends to support the efforts of administrators, teachers, and community activists to center race, equity, and anti-deficit perspectives within the practice of school leadership. By drawing upon methods of critical race studies, and Du Bois's 1935 concept of the sympathetic touch, the author provides examples of anti-deficit…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Low Income, Instructional Leadership, College Attendance
Mintrop, Rick – Harvard Education Press, 2016
At the heart of the effort to enact and scale up successful school reforms is the need for more robust links between research and practice. One promising approach is design development, a methodology widely used in other fields and only recently adapted to education, which offers a disciplined process for identifying practical problems, assessing…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Equal Education, Case Studies, Research and Development
Chance, Patti L. – Eye on Education, 2009
Like the bestselling first edition, this introductory textbook succinctly presents concepts and theories of educational leadership and organizational behavior and immediately applies them to problems of practice. It includes practical case studies, real-world scenarios and analyses, reflection questions, and straightforward explanations of…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Systems Approach, School Effectiveness, Information Transfer
Akers, C. Ryan; Heiselt, April K. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2009
This article presents a case study at Oakmont University where a presidential debate will be held on campus. Oakmont University is a large public research institution located in the Southeastern United States. This Carnegie Doctoral/Research I institution enrolls more than 35,000, 75% undergraduate and 25% graduate students. Located in somewhat of…
Descriptors: College Environment, Urban Areas, Case Studies, Political Campaigns
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Southam-Gerow, Michael A.; Hourigan, Shannon E.; Allin, Robert B., Jr. – Behavior Modification, 2009
This article describes the application of a university-community partnership model to the problem of adapting evidence-based treatment approaches in a community mental health setting. Background on partnership research is presented, with consideration of methodological and practical issues related to this kind of research. Then, a rationale for…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Clinical Psychology, Theory Practice Relationship
Cuyjet, Michael J., Ed.; Howard-Hamilton, Mary F., Ed.; Cooper, Diane L., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
As the diversity of the students on campus increases, the importance for everyone in authority to understand students' distinct cultures and how they perceive institutions, and equally, to understand their own privilege, and often unconscious cultural assumptions, has never been greater. This book presents a comprehensive set of resources to guide…
Descriptors: Social Justice, College Students, Race, Discussion
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Mertz, Norma T. – Journal of School Leadership, 2006
The purpose of the study was to describe the organizational socialization of assistant principals and consider how that socialization prepares them for becoming principals. Using a case study research design and social systems theory as the theoretical framework, 8 assistant principals in 2 different high schools were interviewed (as were their…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Socialization, Principals, Case Studies
Peterman, Francine, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
This book presents an argument for, and invites, critical examination of teacher preparation and assessment practices--in light of both the complexity and demands of urban settings and the theories of learning and learning to teach that guide teacher education practices. This dynamic approach distinguishes the authors' stance on urban teacher…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Learning Theories, Urban Teaching, Urban Schools
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Cuthbert, Katherine – Studies in Higher Education, 1995
The use of cognitive social learning theory to help students plan independent study projects is examined and illustrated in the context of a Manchester Metropolitan University (England) senior project program. The theoretical model drawn from the theory focuses on self-regulated learning, and its application emphasizes students' development of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, College Seniors
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Scribner, Jay Paredes; Sawyer, R. Keith; Watson, Sheldon T.; Myers, Vicki L. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2007
Purpose: This article explores distributed leadership as it relates to two teacher teams in one public secondary school. Both situational and social aspects of distributed leadership are foci of investigation. Methods: The qualitative study used constant comparative analysis and discourse analysis to explore leadership as a distributed phenomenon.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Instructional Leadership, Demography, Discourse Analysis
Collinson, Vivienne; Cook, Tanya Fedoruk – SAGE Publications (CA), 2006
This innovative book about organizational learning in K-12 settings reshapes the way teachers and administrators think about people, practices, and policies while providing a compelling roadmap for transformation from within today's school systems. The authors argue that six interrelated conditions support organizational learning: prioritizing…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Organizational Theories, Administrators
van der Vegt, Rein; Knip, Hans – 1986
This paper analyzes a research project that maps implementation efforts of comprehensive and mandated change at the primary school level in The Netherlands. In examining this large-scale national reform program, the report deals with schools whose innovation efforts acquired funding from the central education department in return for their local…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Carroll, James; And Others – Planning for Higher Education, 1984
The institutional planning, budgeting, and monitoring system used by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology, which provides continuous development, evaluation, and modification operating in advance of rather than in reaction to potential administrative crisis, is described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Planning, Higher Education
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