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Anderson, Beverly L. – 1992
The products of research and the successes of curriculum reforms are often inaccessible to teachers, administrators, and policymakers. This paper was designed to help researchers communicate their knowledge of successful curriculum reform to policymakers and practitioners, in order to influence practice. It focuses on making more effective use of…
Descriptors: Communications, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Diffusion (Communication)
Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA. Center for Human Resources. – 1991
This guide was designed to help policy makers, administrators, program planners, and managers find answers to their questions about improving the quality of their services and addressing the changing needs of young people in their communities. Information is provided on more than 100 nonprofit organizations, government agencies, research centers,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Cooperation, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Legislation
Cedar, T.; Salasin, J. – 1980
A plan for studying management procedures that structure the relationships between federal agencies and federally-created research and development (R&D) organizations is discussed. The objective is to identify the types of federal management approaches, examine these approaches from the perspective of their relative emphasis on accountability…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Role, Educational Development, Educational Research
Clagett, Craig A. – 1990
Guidelines are offered to institutional researchers and planning analysts for presenting research results in formats and levels of sophistication that are accessible to top management. Fundamental principles include: (1) know what is needed; (2) know when the information is needed; (3) match format to analytical sophistication and learning…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Data Interpretation, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
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Lehtimaki, Jorma – Higher Education Management, 1996
The mission of the university is to increase human capital in all its dimensions, or value added to human capital through production of valid knowledge. Education and research are by-products, representing learning and discovery. Teaching is a distribution process within education. Distribution of research occurs through products such as public…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, College Role, Delivery Systems
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Englert, Carol Sue; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1993
This article discusses problems with traditional top-down methods of disseminating educational innovations to teachers and proposes a conceptual framework in which teachers share a primary role with educational researchers in the development of innovative practices. Focus is on the critical dimensions of teacher change as they participate in the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
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Wallerstein, Mitchel B., Ed.; Gould, Stephen B., Ed. – Issues in Science and Technology, 1987
Provides the statements of the representatives of five member countries of the Coordinating Committee on Multilateral Export Control (CoCom) regarding the dissemination of government-sponsored research. Includes textual statements from representatives of the United Kingdom, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, and the United States. (TW)
Descriptors: Confidential Records, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Information, Government Role
Budke, Wesley E.; Harsch, Wallis J. – 1986
A study examined state-administered vocational education program improvement projects funded in fiscal year (FY) 1985 under subpart 3, sections 131 (research), 132 (exemplary and innovative), and 133 (curriculum development) of the Education Amendments of 1976 (P.L. 94-482). It was determined that more funds are being obligated for supportive…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Educational Research
Thompson, Charles L. – 1982
The sixth volume of a 10-volume report, this document provides an analytic history of dissemination at the National Institute of Education, focusing on six dissemination-related programs supported by the Institute: Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), State Dissemination Capacity Building Program, Urban Sites/Documentation and…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Diffusion (Communication), Educational History, Educational Resources
Felker, Roberta M. – 1984
The final report summarizes activities of a 3-year project which accomplished the following goals: (1) identification of the most pressing concerns in special education currently facing state and local education policymakers; (2) location of research information through the U.S. Department of Education and other sources which address these issues;…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Halle, James W. – 1993
This paper presents a functional approach to assessment and associated program development for individuals with severe disabilities, with emphasis on informal strategies that target beginning communicative levels. In the first section, form, function, and context (three components of any communicative act) are defined and described. Three…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Hamilton, James B.; And Others – 1985
A study was conducted to develop a model to strengthen the linkages between appropriate Ohio universities and the Ohio Department of Education, State Division of Vocational and Career Education (SDVE). Alternative delivery patterns were reviewed, and appropriate vocational education-university linkage factors were identified. Next, three workable…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
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Wilson, Terry; Martin, Joan – 1991
This report presents a model of collaborative effort that established a network of 15 university-based and 2 non-university based Centers for Environmental Education (CEE) in the Tennessee River watershed region. The report begins by establishing definitions for a Center for Environmental Education and a network system, both of which are…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education