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The Delphi Process: Involving Parents of Children with Disabilities in Participatory Consensus Building
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Jones, Vita L.; Boone, Randall; Brandon, Regina R.; Dobbins, Nicole; Higgins, Kyle – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2022
Educators recognize that parental participation is a critical factor in the success of children within a school setting. This is particularly true for parents who have children with disabilities or who are from a culturally or linguistically diverse background. However, reaching out to these families can be a difficult task even for the most…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Parent Participation, Participative Decision Making, Students with Disabilities
From Consultation and Collaboration to Consensus: Introducing an Alternative Model of Curriculum Development
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Brown Wilson, Christine; Slade, Christine – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
Scholarly discourses call for curriculum development to be democratic and collaborative, include multiple stakeholders' perspectives, and aligned to values that promote the professional, social, and public good. Despite this, curriculum development remains an internal process: a situation challenged by a greater emphasis on employability. This…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Delphi Technique, Participative Decision Making, Stakeholders
School Improvement Goal Setting: A Collaborative Model.
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Snyder, Karolyn J.; And Others – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
Describes the successful use of the Delphi Dialog Technique (a goal-setting process) at East High School, Anchorage, Alaska, where it was used to obtain consensus among staff members about school-growth targets. (JW)
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Elementary Secondary Education, Management Teams, Organizational Objectives
Faculty Consensus at a Multi-Campus College through Delphi.
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Dailey, Anne Louise – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1988
Describes how psychology faculty at the Community College of Allegheny County used the delphi technique to achieve consensus on 22 issues related to standardized course prerequisites and descriptions. Concludes that the technique provides a cost-effective method for geographically disbursed systems to reach concensus with advantages over meetings…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning, Delphi Technique
Using an Agenda Setting Model to Help Students Develop & Exercise Participatory Skills and Values
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Perry, Anthony D.; Wilkenfeld, Britt S. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2006
The Agenda Setting Model is a program component that can be used in courses to contribute to students' development as responsible, effective, and informed citizens. This model involves students in finding a unified voice to assert an agenda of issues that they find especially pressing. This is often the only time students experience such a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Agenda Setting, Foreign Countries, Democratic Values
How to Communicate with Your Professional Staff: Corporate Listening Process.
Nichols, Roy D., Jr. – 1983
Most organizational problems are communication problems. The administrator must employ strategies for listening to employees (personal listening), and must allow the employees to participate in the decision-making process (corporate listening). The Marietta City School System (Georgia) employed several strategies to deal with the passive…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)