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Harvard Educational Review, 2009
Jacques Bwira arrived in Uganda in 2000, having fled the violent conflict in his native country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Though he had trained and worked as a teacher in Congo, he feared that speaking only French would prevent him from making a living in his new home. The police officer who interrogated Jacques on arrival in the capital…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Interviews, Community Organizations

Connors, Kathleen A. – Children Today, 1994
Director of Yale University's Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy comments on the lessons learned over three decades on the process of social change. (HTH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Child Development, Family Programs

Saunders, Robert L. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1980
This article identifies and comments upon several significant challenges facing school, college, and department of education (SCDE) administrators, suggests developmental needs of these administrators, and notes behavior and performance changes which they must make. (JD)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Agents, Needs Assessment
Joseph, Valerie; Williams, Tanya O. – Democracy & Education, 2008
In this article, the authors relate how they, as two Black, female graduate students and educators, discovered racial self-negation and internalized racial hatred within themselves. Through designing and facilitating a workshop exploring the word "nigger," they concluded that internalized oppression stymied their growth as people and scholars, and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Racial Bias, Change Agents, African American Students
Rubin, Sharon G. – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1983
Full institutionalization of experiential learning programs remains a major challenge for educators. Their reasons for resistance to change and strategies for overcoming it are discussed. A checklist for change agents is provided. (MLW)
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Administration, College Faculty, Educational Change
Grantham, Marilyn H.; Groth, Jon N. – 1986
The need for and use of internal consultants by many organizations and institutions is growing because of the rapid pace of environmental and technological change and the growth in the quantity of knowledge. Although much has been written about consulting roles, competencies and skills needed by consultants, and the use of consultants in various…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Consultants, Educational Planning, Instructional Development

Daloz, Laurent A. Parks – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 1990
Current trends (technological change, population growth, nuclear threat, geopolitical shifts, feminism, environmental problems, and spirituality) signal a major paradigm shift. Because continuing education students are in a strategic position, program developers should consider whether their courses make a difference, enable proactive thinking,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development

Gallagher, James J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1994
This commentary on the demonstration programs of the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program discusses their role in inducing educational change, their usefulness in illustrating new ideas, their broadening of the definition of the gifted student, their ability to change participating teachers' perspective, and their…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Change Agents, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change
Exley, Charles M., Jr. – 1980
The following issues facing university recreation programs in the 1980's are discussed: 1) the leadership role of the university in the community, 2) disbursement of available funds, 3) collaboration between the university and community agencies, 4) professionalism in the recreation field, 5) inservice training programs for specific agencies…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Certification, Change Agents, College Role

Clark, Donald C.; Clark, Sally N. – Educational Researcher, 1996
Reports on the lack of attention being paid by educational policymakers to leadership preparation programs and explores issues in creating better leaders with the skills to create effective learning environments. Discusses leadership skills and characteristics required for school reform, the development of better leadership preparation programs,…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration
Rigney, Carol E. – Schools in the Middle, 1995
Examines school-based management as an effective strategy for optimizing the individual performance of teachers, students, and parents. Under school-based management, principals and teachers are given total responsibility for budgeting, selecting textbooks, scheduling, and hiring. This system provides flexibility in relationships with the broader…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Decentralization, Educational Change
Martinez-Brawley, Emilia E. – 1994
This paper analyzes principles of knowledge diffusion and provides a framework for applying new ideas or innovations, particularly in relation to rural community development. As new knowledge is created or old knowledge is found to have new applications, the art of spreading knowledge and managing innovation has become more crucial in both urban…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes
Boyer, Kathy; And Others – 1993
This policy paper summarizes the research on change and effective staff development to drive an outcomes-based, results oriented approach to increase student success. The paper provides a discussion of the following ideas necessary for practice: (1) participants must be involved in planning and developing training; (2) training must be relevant,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Klassen, Frank H., Ed.; Collier, John L., Ed. – 1972
The articles in this collection present international perspectives on change and innovation in teacher education. It is divided into six topic areas. Part one offers views on the social and economic implications of teacher education. In part two the problems and challenges for reform in teacher education in East Africa, Poland, France, Italy, and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Competency Based Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Clark, Woodward W., Jr. – 1979
This report examines political conflict in decision making in three public schools, and describes how the Teacher Participation Project (TPP), which was implemented in two of the schools, sought to minimize such conflict by institutionalizing local governance structures for teachers. The report consists of two parts. Part I investigates various…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Change Agents, Educational Change
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