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Vielle, Jean-Pierre – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1981
Outlines a taxonomy of six kinds of educational research and their individual impact on educational change. After discussing factors which limit the impact of such research, the author concludes that the social mechanisms for the diffusion of new ideas, rather than the research itself, determine educational change. (AM)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Classification, Comparative Education, Diffusion
Mowat, Susanne – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1981
Examines the factors affecting the diffusion of educational assessment studies done in four countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Phillipines, Thailand). The author concludes that educational research designs in developing countries must include mechanisms for information diffusion to the public and policy-makers to insure both short and long-term…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Diffusion, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedGideonse, Hendrik D. – International Review of Education, 1981
In the United States, recent educational research and development efforts reflect an overriding concern for maximizing these impact areas on practice, as illustrated by five thrusts: development work; evaluation; fundamental research; dissemination; and attention to the process of social inquiry. The complexity of American education makes research…
Descriptors: Diffusion, Educational Research, Federal Programs, Objectives
Beuke, Vernon; Farrar, Steven – 1979
The state of the art in the implementation of education innovation is assessed in three parts: (1) the identification of promising theories, important issues, and proven implementation strategies with emphasis on practical implications; (2) a review of research directly related to the development and implementation of new occupational education…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Diffusion, Educational Change
Download full textOliver, J. Dale – 1979
A well-developed approach to dissemination and utilization (D&U) at the four levels of spread, exchange, choice, and implementation is essential if vocational education research and development (R&D) is to achieve the measurable impact found lacking in a Committee on Vocational Education Research and Development (COVERD) assessment (1956). Federal…
Descriptors: Diffusion, Educational Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Hooks, Gregory – 1980
The erosion of the credibility of the classical diffusion paradigm by recent challenges to its fundamental assumptions has resulted in a "paradigmatic crisis" as related to research on the diffusion of agricultural innovations. Such basic assumptions as that of a harmonious and cooperative society and of agricultural research guided by endogenous…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agricultural Trends, Change Strategies, Diffusion
