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Miller, Seth H.; DeMolle, Diondra; Menge, Karen; Voorhees, David H. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2022
Designing effective faculty-led professional development (PD) workshops is easier than it sounds and is a highly rewarding way for faculty to become change agents on their own campuses. This chapter presents the authors' experiences leading PD workshops and provides a roadmap to make the workshop development process straightforward and fun for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Teacher Leadership, Program Development
Fabionar, James O. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2020
This article is a call to action to prepare new teachers to be social justice change agents both inside and outside of the classroom. Framing this work is a driving question inspired by the current political moment and articles in this issue of "Teacher Education Quarterly": How can teacher education programs better equip pre-service…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Change Agents, Preservice Teachers, School Culture
Collins, Tai A.; Hawkins, Renee O.; Flowers, Emily M. – Contemporary School Psychology, 2018
Student interventionists have been utilized as change agents in a variety of contexts to improve the academic, social, and communicative behaviors of target students. A strong literature base supports the use of peers in academic interventions such as peer tutoring, as well as in behavioral interventions such as peer-mediated Check-In/Check-Out,…
Descriptors: Peer Mediation, Intervention, Interpersonal Competence, Student Behavior
Cobb, Wendy; Haisman-Smith, Nick; Jordan-Daus, Kerry – Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2017
'Working in partnership to transform society through education' is the inspirational mission statement of our Faculty of Education. But what can and does 'working in partnership' mean in practice? This paper outlines a partnership development story with a charity and a university Faculty. There is limited research surrounding academic partnerships…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Change Agents, Partnerships in Education, Teacher Educators
National Academies Press, 2020
Over the past decade there has been a growing interest in sustainability education in colleges and universities across the United States, with a marked increase in the number of undergraduate and graduate degree programs, research institutes, and centers focused on sustainability. Evidence-based core competencies for interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Undergraduate Study
Amadi, Anthony – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2016
This article is a historical narrative about the contribution the Holy Ghost Congregation made in the educational development of Nigeria. It is narrative because it highlights the events and the work of the early Spiritan missionaries that brought education and its benefits to Nigerians. It is pedagogic because it describes the methods these Holy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational History, Catholics
Williams, Conor P. – New America, 2016
One in six school-age Minnesotans has at least one immigrant parent and one in five Minnesotans under five years old is a child of immigrants. This trend is part of a significant shift in the state's racial and ethnic makeup over the past 25 years. This report looks at Minnesota's redesign of policies and practices to better support the education…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Migrant Children, Migrant Education, Educational Change
Albritton, Kizzy; Anhalt, Karla; Terry, Nicole Patton – School Psychology Forum, 2016
Achievement and disciplinary inequities between students from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds and their White peers have been documented for decades in U.S. public schools. Researchers have documented that some racially and ethnically diverse students enter school with weaker academic skills than their White counterparts. Further,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, School Psychologists, Role, Change Agents
Reed, Florence D. DiGennaro; Hirst, Jason M.; Hyman, Sarah R. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
A defining feature of children with autism includes stereotypy, characterized as restrictive and repetitive vocal and motor behavior. The current literature review seeks to (a) determine the number of empirical studies using behavioral interventions to treat stereotypy exhibited by children with autism or other pervasive development disorder, (b)…
Descriptors: Topography, Autism, Change Agents, Antisocial Behavior
Gogan, Brian; Belanger, Kelly; Patriarca, Ashley; O'Neill, Megan – College Composition and Communication, 2010
This article defines research centers as associative enterprises for solving scholarly and societal problems that cannot be adequately addressed by individuals. The authors identify more than fifty research centers in rhetoric and writing, past and present, and argue that they function as change agents by emphasizing collaboration and conducting…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Change Agents, Research and Development Centers, Scholarship
Gagliardi, Anna R. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2011
Introduction: Numerous population-based studies highlight the need to improve health care delivery and outcomes. Many single and combined interventions are available but their impact is limited and inconsistent. Tailoring may enhance their impact, but the best way to do so remains unclear. The purpose of this exploratory analysis was to identify…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Delivery Systems, Access to Health Care
Martin, Ellice P.; Andrews, Shirley P.; Gilbert, Linda S. – Research in the Schools, 2009
A survey of 442 beginning teachers, 57 mentors, and 33 administrators asked participants to rate the support provided to first-year teachers. Respondents identified persons who provided the most support, and responses were compared. Generally, new teachers indicated that administrators and other teachers had been more helpful than were mentors. In…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Teacher Induction, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Roberts, Amanda; Nash, Judith – Improving Schools, 2009
This article explores students' potential to make a difference to their school through a Students as Researchers programme. It begins by discussing the impetus for the current increase in student voice initiatives in schools. It continues the debate around issues of student empowerment and students' identity as change agents through an analysis of…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Student Research, Educational Improvement, Change Agents
Mancil, G. Richmond; Conroy, Maureen A.; Haydon, Todd F. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of combining milieu therapy and functional communication training (FCT) to replace aberrant behavior with functional communicative skills in 3 male preschool or elementary aged children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Study activities were conducted in the natural…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Change Agents, Program Effectiveness
Hopkins, John L.; Monaghan, Catherine H.; Hansman, Catherine A. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2009
This qualitative case study investigated the impact of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funding on the providers and planners of programs for incumbent workers in one Midwest WIA region. It examines the collaboration and power conflicts that are part of planning and implementing this legislation for the stakeholders. The study applied Matland's…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Context Effect, Federal Legislation
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