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Download full textPaul, Douglas – 1975
This paper, written from an organizational perspective, begins with an examination of the deficiencies of knowledge utilization and educational change literature. It suggests the explication of descriptive and heuristic conceptual dimensions as one approach for facilitating a descriptive perspective of knowldge utilization. The efficacy of three…
Descriptors: Diffusion, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
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
Sims, E. Norman – 1978
To alleviate the time lag between the conception and the implementation of educational innovation, the Unit for Dissemination has been formed by the Kentucky Department of Education. Within the goals of fostering awareness and interest in innovation and of spreading innovation from field test to ultimate user, the Unit has defined objectives which…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Charts, Diffusion, Educational Change
Feinberg, Harriet – 1968
This paper attempts to provide a coherent conceptual framework for the dissemination efforts of the Research and Development Center. It distinguishes three quite different ways in which the term, "dissemination", is used: 1) spread of information to a receptive audience; 2) the effort to induce large-scale change by a wide variety of…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Definitions, Diffusion, Educational Change
Hodges, J. B. – 1977
As one of its institutional missions, the P.K. Yonge Laboratory School at the University of Florida focuses on the problem of utilization of research and development for the improvement of instruction. In an effort to reduce the time lag between the discovery of new information and the general adoption of practices based on that information, the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Classroom Research, Diffusion, Educational Change
Temkin, Sanford, Ed.; Brown, Mary V., Ed. – 1974
The seven papers and four discussions in this publication present several perspectives on educational innovation and its adoption in the schools. Topics discussed include political and structural protection of innovations, change introduced from outside the school, ESEA Title III influences on change processes, local school district change…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Diffusion, Educational Change
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
Firestone, William A.; Wilson, Bruce L. – 1982
Focusing on the promotion of reform and knowledge use in school districts, this paper reports on data from a study investigating assistance and enforcement strategies adopted by three types of regional educational service agencies. Assistance in this context means provision of legal or program knowledge needed to operate successful programs.…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Diffusion, Education Service Centers, Educational Change
Bailey, Stephen K.; And Others – 1972
In essence, the Policy Institute has explored the contributions that tested educational research (including reputedly viable educational innovations not based on formal research and development) might make to actual school and classroom practice within the context of the Experimental Schools Program's planning. The Policy Institute set itself…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Bibliographies, Community Involvement, Community Role
Schalock, H. Del, Ed.; Sell, G. Roger, Ed. – 1972
This volume represents the output of a yearlong effort to clarify and firm the conceptual base that underlies educational RDD&E. It contains three commissioned papers authored by Drs. Hendrik D. Gideonse, Gene V Glass and Blaine R. Worthen, and by Leslie J. Briggs and one paper prepared by H. Del Schalock and G. Roger Sell of the staff of the…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Diffusion, Educational Change, Educational Demand
HAVELOCK, RONALD G. – 1967
LINKING ROLES IN THE DISSEMINATION AND UTILIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE ARE INVESTIGATED. THE VARIOUS TYPES OF AGENTS LINKING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE INCLUDE--(1) THE CONVEYOR, (2) THE CONSULTANT, (3) THE LEADER, (4) KNOWLEDGE BUILDERS, (5) THE DEFENDER, (6) THE INNOVATOR, (7) PRACTITIONERS, AND (8) THE USER. THREE ISSUES CONCERNING THE INSTITUTIONAL…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Communication Problems, Consultants, Diffusion
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. – 1968
A condensed synthesis of research needs on educational diffucion is provided in the five papers presented at the National Conference on Diffusion of Educational Ideas at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan on March 26-28, 1968. One major paper was presented in each of the five half-days of the conference with time for discussion…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Bibliographies, Change Agents, Communication (Thought Transfer)
