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Rauch, Franz – Educational Action Research, 2016
This case describes networking for education for sustainable development within the Austrian ECOLOG-schools network. The article presents theoretical concepts of networks in education in general, and the organization of the ECOLOG-network in particular. Based upon these foundations, the concept and results of a participatory evaluation study are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Networks, Sustainable Development, Evaluation Methods
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Haslett, Tim; Barton, John; Stephens, John; Schell, Liz; Olsen, Jane – Learning Organization, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explain the emergent nature of leadership in a university-based learning network of mature-aged practitioner-scholars. Design/methodology/approach: The paper draws on previously published work, interviews, and current research. Findings: The paper finds that once initial structures have been established,…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Action Research, Doctoral Programs, Leadership
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Dorner, Lisa M.; Spillane, James P.; Pustejovsky, James – Journal of Educational Change, 2011
Guided by theories of institutions, organizations, and sense-making, this manuscript examines how public, charter, and Catholic school staff in a large urban area organize for instruction and respond to educational change. To build theory about institutional processes of "organizing" from participants' perspectives, data included a…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Catholic Schools, Federal Legislation, Figurative Language
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Gkolia, Chrysanthi; Switzer, Jackie; Brundrett, Mark – Management in Education, 2006
Education Action Zones (EAZs) have formed one of the key elements of government policy in trying to drive up standards and disseminate best practice. However, the initiative has been subject to a sustained critique and questions have remained as to the efficacy of such networks of schools. This article offers a brief report on an evaluative study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, School Effectiveness
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Marginson, Simon; Sawir, Erlenawati – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2005
The paper critically reviews the concept of "global flows", beginning with the discussions of flows and networks in Appadurai (1996), Castells (2000) and Held "et al." (1999). Emphasising the need to embed "global flows" in agency and history, and to explore global connectedness in terms of situated cases, the paper…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Networks, Network Analysis