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Blair, Kevin D. – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1999
This qualitative case study follows unsuccessful efforts of a school social worker and faculty to implement William Glasser's quality-school model in a working-class, suburban middle school. Diminishing the use of competition was the fundamental sticking-point for those opposing the model's implementation. (22 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Competition
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Mar, Naing Yee – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2004
This paper examines the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in advancing the cause of education for all and livelong learning. After examining the claimed benefits of ICTs for promoting education and schooling, and the characteristics of education and the basic education movement in Asia, the paper focuses on providing a case…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Andreu, Rafael; Jauregui, Kety – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2005
Given the evident potential shown by developing new technologies, there are increasingly more companies that develop and implement training programs that use the new-technology-based facilities. Likewise, suppliers developing new-technology-based programs have emerged seeking greater effectiveness and cost reduction as opposed to traditional…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Professional Development, Program Descriptions, Case Studies
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Foskett, Rosalind – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2005
The emergence of Foundation Degree programmes in response to employer workforce development needs provides a rich environment for the study of undergraduate curriculum innovation in the context of cross-sector partnerships in post-compulsory education. This article presents the findings of a case study of foundation degree development by consortia…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Study, Participant Observation, Adult Education
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Zandvliet, David B.; Fraser, Barry J. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2004
The study of learning environments provides a useful research framework for investigating the effects of educational innovations such as those which are associated with the use of the Internet in classroom settings. This study reports an investigation into the use of Internet technologies in high-school classrooms in Australia and Canada.…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
Geltner, Beverley B. – 1995
The educational administration faculty at Eastern Michigan University sought to expand the linkage between theory and practice in all aspects of the program and to bridge traditional course divisions. A department-wide case method initiative was introduced with the purpose of developing the case-method teaching skills of all department members and…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, College Instruction, Doctoral Programs
McCarty, T. L. – 1993
A study investigated factors supporting innovation in American Indian education by comparing data from two separate studies. One was a followup study of 25 Indian educators' implementation of cooperative learning and whole language techniques, which sought to identify: (1) the impact of the innovations on student achievement; and (2) factors that…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Case Studies
Ramsey, Kimberly – 1997
This report of a 2-year study on public university responsiveness to academic and vocational reforms in public K-12 schools and community colleges focuses on: (1) how state universities respond to curricular experiments, and (2) the difficulties reformers encounter with universities. The report presents a brief summary of previous progressive…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Role, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development
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Dutton, William H.; Cheong, Pauline Hope; Park, Namkee – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2004
Expectations surrounding the role of e-learning need to be tempered by an awareness of the variety of technical, institutional, social and economic constraints on the innovation process. This paper reports on a case study of the introduction into a university of one of the most central e-learning initiatives in higher education, an enterprise-wide…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Courseware, Higher Education, Case Studies
Olson, John; Eaton, Sandra – 1986
Teachers participating in a 12-month study investigating teacher response to computer innovation in the classroom reported several factors as influential in determining how computers are incorporated into classroom routines: the support they received; private and public expectations for the teacher and the school; ministry and board guidelines;…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Board of Education Policy, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Moss, Barbara – 1988
A study examined how teachers change as they implement a process writing approach. Four questions provided the framework for the study: (1) How do teachers' perceptions of themselves as writers influence their writing instruction? (2) How do teachers at different grade levels implement process writing instruction? (3) What institutional and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Instructional Innovation, Process Approach (Writing)
Malpica, Carlos – 1983
Twelve papers were presented at a 1980 International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) workshop on the generalization of educational innovations from the local to the national level. Six of these papers are published in this report, along with a substantial bibliography and an introductory chapter summarizing the papers and describing the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Adoption (Ideas)
Slawski, Carl – 1975
A policy systems theoretical analysis of the problem of institutionalizing innovation in an organization is summarized in a flow diagram. The model is presented in terms of specific hypotheses, and then illustrated with a case of frustrated innovation, the 1968-69 crisis and strike at San Francisco State College. The model is set up (1) to help…
Descriptors: Activism, Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto.
THIS PAPER ATTEMPTS TO BLEND EDUCATIONAL CHANGE THEORY WITH EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. TWO CASE STUDIES WHICH ARE COMPOSITES OF MANY FIELD STUDIES ARE USED AS EXAMPLES. ONE CASE STUDY INVOLVES THE INITIATION OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRESS PLAN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND THE OTHER INVOLVES THE INITIATION OF TEAM TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS AND HISTORY AT THE…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Change Agents, Continuous Progress Plan
Sanders, James R.; Stufflebeam, Daniel L. – 1977
The energy crisis, specifically a shortage of natural gas, caused by the unusually cold winter of 1977, resulted in the Columbus, Ohio, schools being closed for a month. Schools heated with gas were closed, but students met one day a week in school buildings that used coal, oil, or electricity. The educational program continued with school…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Delivery Systems, Depleted Resources
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