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McLure, Felicity I.; Aldridge, Jill M. – School Leadership & Management, 2022
The purpose of this systematic literature review of empirical studies was to analyse the results of 20 years of research, related to education reform, to identify factors that support or hinder change efforts. An electronic search identified a total of 160 relevant primary studies published between 2000 and 2020 that were included in the review.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Barriers, Systems Approach, Educational Objectives
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Henderson, Charles; Beach, Andrea; Finkelstein, Noah – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
This article reviews current scholarship about how to promote change in instructional practices used in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. The review is based on 191 conceptual and empirical journal articles published between 1995 and 2008. Four broad categories of change strategies were developed to…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Longitudinal Studies, STEM Education, Undergraduate Study
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Hellriegel, Don; Slocum, John W. – Group and Organization Studies, 1980
Organizational change approaches were reviewed and analyzed in terms of the impact they have on major system variables in organizations, the type of change agent most likely to utilize each approach, and the relative affective, cognitive, and trusting behaviors required by the client system. (Author)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Organizational Change
Dalin, Per – 1976
Educational change is a process occurring through time, a systemic and dynamic phenomenon in which every action leads to reactions in related areas of the system, and a multidimensional phenomenon requiring examination from the perspective of several disciplines. The success of an innovation depends on how the change process is managed, how the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Models, Organizational Change
Hayden, Peggy; Smith, Barbara J.; Rapport, Mary Jane; Frederick, Linda – 1999
This paper presents a summary of systems change research as it applies to planning comprehensive early childhood service systems. It explains the inter-agency model developed by the Collaborative Planning Project for Planning Comprehensive Early Childhood Systems at the University of Colorado. The model attempts to address system issues such as…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Slawski, Carl – 1986
The aim of this paper is to summarize and tentatively synthesize a number of theories, typologies, and statements about systems and procedures for planned change in small groups, large organizations, and whole societies. Concepts are brought together from psychology, applied sociology, and business management, as well as diplomatic negotiation at…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classification, Groups, Interaction
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Smith, Barbara J.; Strain, Phillip S.; Snyder, Patricia; Sandall, Susan R.; McLean, Mary E.; Broudy-Ramsey, Alison; Sumi, W. Carl – Journal of Early Intervention, 2002
Results are reported from an analysis of the research literature including children with disabilities (birth through age 5), their families, personnel who serve them, and policies and systems change strategies related to the provision of services. Analysis reveals trends in research methods and for studying particular topics and information about…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Policy Formation
New American Schools Development Corp. – 1997
This report presents eight different approaches adapted by schools to dramatically raise student achievement. The schools combine comprehensive, whole-school change with systems-level restructuring to help a large proportion of schools around the country achieve excellence. The eight programs include (1) ATLAS (Authentic Teaching, Learning, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Design
Sashkin, Marshall; Egermeier, John – 1992
Broad patterns in the last 30 years of research on educational change are traced in this synthesis paper. The three dominant perspectives are: (1) the rational-scientific perspective that posits that change is created by the dissemination of innovative techniques; (2) the political perspective (the "top-down" approach) that generates…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Rude, Harvey; Stockhouse, Judy; Read, Jo Smith; Street, Steve; Murray, Karl – 2000
The Professional Development Leadership Academy supports states in transforming systems of professional development. This paper investigates accountability considerations that are necessary to determine the impact and results of professional development from a state systems perspective. The five areas of focus that comprise the Academy knowledge…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
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Ornstein, Allan C.; Levine, Daniel U. – Urban Education, 1981
Reviews two major approaches to educational reform: (1) a model which sets up varying kinds of alternatives to traditional schools; and (2) an approach that attempts to bring about systematic reform throughout a school or school district. Suggests that these strategies are not mutually exclusive. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Metropolitan Areas
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Keys, Susan G.; Lockhart, Estes J. – Professional School Counseling, 1999
Examines how school counselors can apply systems theory and social ecology to problem conceptualization and intervention planning. Also explores the implications of this broadened paradigm for the school counselor's role. Asserts that in order to achieve broad-based change, schools, families, and communities must engage in collaborative problem…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Counseling Theories, Counselor Role
Reed-Scott, Jutta; And Others – 1984
Initiated by the Council on Library Resources, this study assessed the current level of retrospective conversion and explored the primary issues that need attention if libraries are to convert their bibliographical files to machine-readable form. Data were obtained from a literature review, contact with a number of libraries currently engaged in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Change Strategies, Economic Factors
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Ramsey, Deborah C.; Ramsey, Philip L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2002
This article uses system thinking to examine the dynamic complexity of perfectionism. These dynamics are explained as an attempt by the perfectionist to achieve cognitive consistency. The unrealistic worldview of a perfectionist generates a catch-22 situation that makes change difficult. Fundamental change requires a worldview that balances…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Anxiety, Change Strategies, Cognitive Processes
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Brack, Catherine J.; And Others – Counseling and Values, 1992
Uses a case study to illustrate how counselors can use chaos and complexity theory in their work, providing an alternative view to assist counselors in conceptualizing their clients and their practice. Using chaos theory in counseling requires a reevaluation of counselors' assumptions about causation, prediction, and control. (LKS)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Chaos Theory, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Client Relationship
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