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Direct linkAlgozzine, Bob; Audette, Robert H.; Marr, Mary Beth; Algozzine, Kate – Planning and Changing, 2005
During the 1990s, many public schools began to apply the principles of Total Quality Management. As they moved ahead, they discovered that most of the separate principles that comprise Total Quality Management are not new to public education. Theories and practices using similar and related ideas have been championed by educators for generations.…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Public Education, Total Quality Management, Educational Change
Peer reviewedAbbott, James E. – T.H.E. Journal, 1995
Describes a program in California that funded school restructuring efforts. Highlights include creating a learning community; the role of principals; authentic accountability; quality indicators, including examples of hard logic and fuzzy logic; The Protocol, a total quality management (TQM) feedback tool; and how collaboration and TQM helped…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Cooperation, Educational Change
Download full textWinsor, Jerry L.; And Others – 1995
The convergence of the teaching as assessment movement and Total Quality Management (TQM) has implications for higher education, and communication department should adapt their pedagogy to the best of the thrusts in higher education. The Department of Communication at Central Missouri State University contains 2 of the original 10 programs that…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Maxwell, Leigh – 1995
This paper explores the question of how quality is defined within the context of higher education in the context of the recent movements of education reform, technology in education, and quality management of education. It concludes that, to maximize the potential and strengths of each of these movements, they should be combined as a unified…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedPrawat, Richard S. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1996
Criticizes the adoption of business-originated Total Quality Management principles into school administration. Contrasts this with the establishment of learning communities, an approach that emphasizes engendering commitments in individuals as opposed to manipulation or control. Further outlines this approach and describes several successful…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Schools, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Small, Ruth V.; Venkatesh, Murali; Marsden, Janet – 1998
This paper begins by describing the changing needs in the education of today's information technology (IT) professional. It presents a theoretical framework for using an experiential learning approach in the context of professional education in IT and information management and describes an instructional model that augments the principles of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Change, Educational Needs
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 1997
This book, which was written by the Torino Group, a team of authors representing the views and experiences of users and providers of management development services in Europe, describes current management development practices across Europe and examines key issues in redesigning management development services. The following topics are discussed…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Business Administration Education, Business Education, Change Strategies
