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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1994
This book is about an approach to curriculum development and evaluation in which teachers and students worked with parents, local communities, politicians, and a major international organization, to carry out research and bring about improvements. The participants were part of the Environment and Schools Initiative (ENSI), a major international…
Descriptors: Action Research, Community Action, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Raggatt, Peter, Ed.; Harry, Keith, Ed. – 1984
This volume, the first of two, documents a selection of current worldwide research and activities and new developments in the area of distance-taught higher education. An introductory editorial summarizes the current status of distance teaching in higher education and identifies trends drawn from the reports collected. Details of origins, size,…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Case Studies, Distance Education, Educational Radio
Phelps, Margaret S.; And Others – 1985
The Tennessee Technological University Rural Education Research and Service Consortium (RERSC) was established in 1984 to facilitate research and service activities of the College of Education faculty in selected rural schools, to provide assistance to faculty desiring to engage in such research and service, and to launch a major research thrust…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College School Cooperation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Vandenberghe, Roland – 1987
The general meaning of research data drawn from study of school improvement programs creates the opportunity for sound theory building. By emphasizing the principal's role in policy development, this paper analyzes the characteristics of large-scale educational innovation projects and their explanatory foundations. Belgium's comprehensive Renewed…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
Phelps, Margaret S. – 1986
The Tennessee Technological University Rural Education Research and Service Consortium (RERSC) was founded in 1984 to facilitate research and service activities of the College of Education faculty in selected rural schools, provide assistance to faculty desiring to engage in such research/service, and launch a major research thrust consistent with…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College School Cooperation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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