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Ellis, Arthur K. – 2001
The focus of this book is major educational innovations, that is, programs and curricula that have achieved widespread influence. It presents such fundamentals as definitions, descriptions, theoretical and empirical bases, critical analyses, and conclusions from published research. (The book discusses only published research.) Titles of the 15…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Innovation
Kean, Michael H. – 1981
The success of Philadelphia's "What Works in Reading?" report shows how educational research can be a catalyst for school change and indicates a way for school districts to institutionalize this process. Ten factors were associated with the report's immediate impact on educational policy: identification of the research clients, topical…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Louis, Karen Seashore – 1980
In 1976 the National Institute of Education established the Research and Development Utilization (RDU) Program. This project was intended to apply research and development products to local school problems; to develop a problem-solving and product selection process usable by local schools and to organize a linkage system making national, state,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Developmental Programs, Educational Change, Educational Development
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

Gordosne Szabo, Anna – International Journal of Special Education, 1986
Research relating to handicaps and handicapping conditions form the content of the discipline of special education in Hungary. While early research focused mainly on pedagogical, psychological, and pathological factors, environmental factors related to the successful rehabilitation and socialization of handicapped persons is the current major…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Development, Educational Psychology, Educational Research
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 2003
This report explores, in particular, the educational R&D systems in two countries, England and New Zealand, both members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). OECD review teams have been assessing the effectiveness of the educational R&D systems in these two countries in developing and applying usable…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Baldwin, Fred – Appalachia, 1990
Describes educational research, development programs, and information services offered by Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL) in West Virginia. Describes AEL's use of ERIC, and examples of linking educational services for Appalachian schools. Describes West Virginia's Project TEACH, an elementary computer education project, and other…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education

Merrion, Margaret – Music Educators Journal, 1990
Explores why K-12 music educators have been slow to incorporate research results into teaching practices. Reviews types and roles of music research, their value, application and relevance to teaching. Suggests teachers will become more effective by integrating research into music programs. (NL)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Research, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Firestone, William A.; Donner, William W. – 1981
Development has traditionally been seen as part of a one-way street running from the researcher to the practitioner. Studies of the "mutual adaptation" of development products undercut this view of development and suggest that it should be seen as a two-way street that takes into account the practical knowledge of teachers and administrators. A…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Career Development, Case Studies
Vinovskis, Maris A. – 1999
This book analyzes the lessons that history can teach those who wish to reform the American education system. It traces the evolving role of the federal government in educational research; explores the course of early-childhood education in the 19th and 20th centuries; examines the history of the Follow Through program, which existed from 1967 to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational History
Ovsiew, Leon; And Others – 1974
Educational change is presented by narrating one school district's experience in developing and implementing changes in response to court orders to racially desegregate. With the assistance of Research for Better Schools, in a "change agent" relationship, school building grade-level organization was changed to early childhood through grade 2,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Abdel-Halim, Ahmed El-Mahdi – 1979
Objectives, challenges, and needs of an educational research and development center at Biyadh University, Saudi Arabia are discussed. Major objectives of the center are to cooperate with the ministry of education and other agencies in conducting projects, to foster research projects of qualified individuals, and to exchange information and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Development
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1977
This paper, one of a series of Unesco technical information reports, looks at the educational decision makers in developing nations and examines their access to and use of information and research results. Written in English and in French, the paper consists of five parts. Part one discusses problems encountered by educational policy-makers and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Decision Making, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Fish, Lawrence D. – 1982
Strategies for dissemination of international education materials on an international level are discussed in this paper. The analysis focuses on dissemination frameworks applicable to member countries of the Pacific Circle Consortium. These countries are Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States. Section one of the report…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Consortia, Delivery Systems, Educational Development