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Education Research: A Century of Discovery. Review of Research in Education. Volume 40
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Alexander, Patricia, Ed.; Levine, Felice J., Ed.; Tate, William, Ed. – American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2016
The centennial volume of "Review of Research in Education" ("RRE") takes a "retrospective, prospective" approach on a diverse range of education research topics spanning the last 100 years. While using historical trends as foundations for their chapters, the authors also look ahead to the most challenging issues and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational History, Educational Trends, Research Methodology
Implementing Educational Innovation in the Third World: A West African Experience.
Banya, Kingsley – 1993
Since independence, Sierra Leone has struggled with an inherited colonial educational system that is dysfunctional and irrelevant to the needs of a largely rural population. In an effort to remedy this situation, the Bunumbu Project, sponsored by UNESCO and other international aid organizations, was begun in 1974. Involving Bunumbu Teacher's…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Great Expectations for Small Schools: The Limitations of Federal Projects.
Firestone, William A. – 1980
This book describes the chain stretching from President Nixon's announcement of the Experimental Schools Program in 1969 to the midpoint of its implementation in the Butte-Angels Camp School District (pseudonym for a small mountainous district 400 miles from Denver) in 1976. The story is told in some detail to illustrate the complexities of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Conflict