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Download full textMosher, Edith K. – 1969
This study was undertaken to enlighten both practitioners and the Laboratory about current practices of school research offices in utilizing R & D information. Data for the study came from (1) background readings on organizational theory, (2) recent studies on research offices in local school districts, (3) personal interviews with 15…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Bibliographies, Developmental Programs, Educational Planning
LIPPITT, RONALD; AND OTHERS – 1966
A SUGGESTED MODEL FOR ADEQUATE DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS CONSIDERS FOUR PRIMARY BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION--(1) DIVISION OF PERSONNEL LABOR INTO TASK ROLES, (2) INSTITUTIONAL DISTINCTIONS, (3) DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE GROUPS, AND (4) GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS. SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS INCLUDE LINKING SYSTEMS AND ROLES,…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agriculture, Communication Problems, Comparative Analysis
GUBA, EGON G. – 1967
THE KNOWLEDGE GAP BETWEEN INITIAL RESEARCH AND FINAL USE IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF THE FOUR STATES OF THE THEORY-PRACTICE CONTINUUM (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DIFFUSION, AND ADOPTION). THE TWO MIDDLE STAGES ARE EMPHASIZED. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS, REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORIES, AND TITLE III PROJECTS ARE SUGGESTED AS AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Development, Diffusion, Educational Innovation
Dohmen, Gunther – 1989
Empirical research in education seems to have an international tendency to concentrate on problems that can be grasped adequately. But that approach tends to direct more research to smaller and smaller areas, where results are more precise but more irrelevant for the complex practice of education. To try to bridge this gap between research and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Educational Attitudes, Educational Practices
Adams, Ronald D. – 1977
Selected issues in educational research and development are discussed as they relate to local educational agencies and institutions of higher education. Local education agencies are defined as public supported schools (elementary, middle/jr. high and high schools) and institutions of higher education as state supported colleges and universities…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Practices, Educational Research
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
Mosher, Edith K. – 1968
A 1968 appraisal of the effectiveness of the school research office as a channel for the dissemination of research and development information to school personnel is the main concern of this report. The paper is a product of the Communication Program at Far West Laboratory which is designed to fill three main research needs: the investigation of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decision Making, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1983
To assist in local school improvement, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) has developed an approach in which teams of local educational leaders are made aware of the results of effective schooling research and are trained in the processes of change and improvement. Research reviews have shown specific elements of schooling at the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum
BOYAN, NORMAN J. – 1967
THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE IS EMPHASIZED AS THE KEY ACTIVITY. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE MID-1950'S BECAME ONE OF THE MOST VIGOROUS AND HOPEFUL PROTAGONISTS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. THE ACTS PASSED AND THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS CREATED ARE NOTED AS AGENTS IN THIS NEW…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Development
CARTER, LAUNOR F. – 1967
THE UTILIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT INGREDIENTS IN COPING WITH CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS. THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE QUESTION OF PRIORITIES IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND ITS PLACE IN THE NATIONAL SCENE, DESCRIBES THREE STUDIES DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF COORDINATING RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND USE (PROJECT HINDSIGHT, THE TACOMA…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Development, Diffusion, Educational Innovation
Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto.
THIS PAPER ATTEMPTS TO BLEND EDUCATIONAL CHANGE THEORY WITH EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. TWO CASE STUDIES WHICH ARE COMPOSITES OF MANY FIELD STUDIES ARE USED AS EXAMPLES. ONE CASE STUDY INVOLVES THE INITIATION OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRESS PLAN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND THE OTHER INVOLVES THE INITIATION OF TEAM TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS AND HISTORY AT THE…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Change Agents, Continuous Progress Plan
Eidell, Terry L., Ed.; Kitchel, Joanne M., Ed. – 1968
The seven papers contained in this monograph were presented at the Seventeenth UCEA Career Development Seminar held in Portland, Oregon, October 1967. Some papers view the problems of applying new knowledge to practice quite generally in the context of the broader society while others focus more sharply on strategies for implementing the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Diffusion, Educational Administration
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning. – 1977
This annotated bibliography focuses on individualized education, learning characteristics, and learning motivation. The reference book is intended to help teachers and administrators identify resources needed to develop teaching strategies based on up-to-date learning research and development. More than 500 technical reports, theoretical papers,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Development
