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Hawthorne, Rebecca Killen – 1987
This study investigated the influences shaping the curriculum decision-making process of four English teachers in two middle schools in order to identify sources of professional autonomy and obligation in classroom curriculum. These teachers made decisions daily by selecting content, texts and materials, modes of presentation, learning activities,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, English Curriculum, Junior High Schools
Spiro, Louis M.; Campbell, Jill F. – 1985
Perceptions of college institutional research directors concerning the quality of executive decision making at their institutions were studied. Perceptions were assessed using a theoretical model of Groupthink developed by Janis, who postulates that a high amount of environmental stress should lead to a greater degree of…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Decision Making, Governance

Delaney, Anne Marie – 2000
This study examined institutional researchers' perceptions regarding their effectiveness in influencing institutional policy changes, the factors that make institutional researchers effective in the policy arena, and researchers perspectives regarding job-related rewards; challenges encountered in seeking to establish influential roles in decision…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills

Grant, S. G. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1996
Describes and illustrates the interaction between personal, policy, and organizational factors that influence teachers' decisions regarding content and teaching methods. Specifically questions how this information might be used in determining the efficacy of educational reforms. Includes verbatim comments from teachers and a sample of interview…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy

Mims, Sandra Kay; Lankford, E. Louis – Studies in Art Education, 1995
Maintains that time and money are significant variables affecting the way art is taught. Reports on a survey of elementary art teachers. Finds that the teachers perceive themselves to be undervalued, have little planning time, and are provided with limited budgets to achieve educational objectives. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development