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Toward an Organizational Model of Change in Elementary Schools: The Contribution of Organizational Learning Mechanisms
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Schechter, Chen; Qadach, Mowafaq – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2012
Purpose: This study explored a theoretical model that links teachers' perceived uncertainty and teachers' sense of collective efficacy with organizational learning mechanisms (OLMs) in elementary schools. OLMs serve as a mediator construct. Research Design: For testing the primary theoretical model, 801 teachers from 61 elementary schools (33…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Models
A Scientific Approach to the Teaching of Chemistry: What Do We Know about How Students Learn in the Sciences, and How Can We Make Our Teaching Match This to Maximise Performance?
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Reid, Norman – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2008
Around 1960, there were quite radical changes in emphasis in many countries in school chemistry education, with subsequent changes in many university courses. Considerable research was undertaken to explore the learning problems students were reporting and the common thread underlying became apparent: it related to the way humans process new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Organizational Learning Mechanisms: The Meaning, Measure, and Implications for School Improvement
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Schechter, Chen – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2008
Purpose: In light of the excessively broad conceptions and nonobservable terms generally characterizing discussions of organizational learning, this study explores the notion of organizational learning in schools through the conceptual framework of organizational learning mechanisms (OLM) and develops a measure of OLM at the elementary school…
Descriptors: Validity, Learning Processes, Organizational Development, Information Processing
The Theoretical Bases of the Elaboration of Teaching Programmes.
Talyzina, N. F. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1982
A general analysis of the learning process precedes the discussion of a teaching model designed to provide effective control of the process of attaining knowledge. Features of the model discussed include preliminary knowledge, motivation, presentation and activities, feedback, and planning the assimilation process of a complete subject. A 21-item…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Feedback, Foreign Countries, Information Processing
Working towards Legitimacy: Two Decades of Teaching Games for Understanding
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Griffin, Linda L.; Brooker, Ross; Patton, Kevin – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2005
Time and acceptance are criterion often used to measure the legitimacy and worth of an idea. Two decades have passed since the first publications that introduced Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) as a means to conceptualize games teaching and learning. For over two decades various professionals have advocated for TGfU as a sound idea, which…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Research Needs, Information Processing, Teaching Methods
Learning from Television News: How Important Are Story Attributes?
Davis, Dennis K.; Robinson, John P. – 1985
Two news audience surveys were conducted--one in Great Britain with 489 subjects and one in the United States with 447 subjects--to assess the ability of various types of television news stories to induce learning. The central objective of the research was to identify attributes of specific news stories that had been well or poorly comprehended.…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Communication Research, Foreign Countries, Information Processing