Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Participative Decision Making | 23 |
Problem Solving | 23 |
Teacher Participation | 23 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 11 |
Teacher Administrator… | 7 |
Teacher Attitudes | 5 |
Cooperation | 4 |
Cooperative Planning | 4 |
Administrator Role | 3 |
Conflict Resolution | 3 |
Elementary Education | 3 |
More ▼ |
Source
Educational Leadership | 1 |
Elementary School Guidance &… | 1 |
Journal of Research and… | 1 |
Middle School Journal | 1 |
Phi Delta Kappan | 1 |
ProQuest LLC | 1 |
School Administrator | 1 |
Schools in the Middle | 1 |
Tertiary Education and… | 1 |
Author
Buidens, Wayne | 1 |
Chase, Larry | 1 |
Coughlan, Robert J. | 1 |
DeLong, James | 1 |
Duttweiler, Patricia Cloud | 1 |
Emmett, Judith D. | 1 |
Gray, Kimberly C. | 1 |
Lake, Sara | 1 |
Lindell, Juha | 1 |
Lindner, Jack | 1 |
Malaspina, Barbara A. | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Higher Education | 1 |
Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Practitioners | 5 |
Administrators | 3 |
Teachers | 2 |
Policymakers | 1 |
Location
California | 2 |
Finland | 1 |
Wyoming | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Rashad, Kaleb – ProQuest LLC, 2018
We are experiencing powerful and exponential shifts in our economy (Schwab, 2015), marked by rapid advancements in automation, information technology, and robotics (Ford, 2016) and the displacement of millions of Americans in the middle class (Goldin & Katz, 2008; Keeley, 2015; Pew Research Center, 2015). Our current education paradigm is…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Principals, Administrator Behavior, Teacher Attitudes
Fostering Organizational Change through Deliberations: The Deliberative Jury in a University Setting
Lindell, Juha – Tertiary Education and Management, 2014
Universities in Europe face a variety of reform initiatives, and university reform can be seen as a wicked problem that should be resolved through collaborative efforts. In Finland, there has been considerable resistance to proposed reforms, with university personnel complaining that they have not been heard. Students, on the other hand, seem…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Change, Universities, Participative Decision Making
Mayeski, Fran – 1991
A project to increase group decision making at a Wyoming secondary school is described in this practicum report. The intervention was designed to improve the group decision-making skills of members of the faculty advisory council and of department chairs. A skill development model based on training, practicing, monitoring, receiving feedback, and…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Decision Making Skills, Evaluation Utilization, High Schools
Nygren, Burton M. – 1988
Mounds View, a K-12 district serving 11,400 students in the St. Paul and Minneapolis (Minnesota) suburbs, used to experience prolonged, hostile negotiations between administrators and the teachers' association. After a particularly bitter round of bargaining in 1984, the district began searching for less adversarial approaches. The district hired…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making
Lindner, Jack – School Administrator, 1984
Stressing that in order for quality circles to work, members must believe that their participation makes a difference, the author outlines procedures for setting up quality circles within schools and school districts and describes their successful operation. (MJL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making

Duttweiler, Patricia Cloud – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1989
Most schools do not include their staffs in decision making and problem solving. A system of governance is needed that makes use of the professional skills and knowledge of teachers, empowers them to identify and solve problems, and gives them a share in making decisions. (JD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Organizational Effectiveness, Participative Decision Making

Chase, Larry – Educational Leadership, 1983
Successful in Japan and in American industry, quality circles are a specific way to involve staff members in solving organization problems. A growing number of school administrators are examining this technique to see if it can reduce the costs of education and improve morale. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Buidens, Wayne; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Describes a new method of resolving conflicts, called "collective gaining," that has been implemented in the Forest Park (Illinois) public school system. The method encourages teachers, administrators, and school board members to work together to benefit all parties concerned. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Conflict Resolution, Educational Cooperation
Whitaker, Todd; Valentine, Jerry – Schools in the Middle, 1993
A survey of participatory management practices at eight representative middle schools disclosed three key differences between more and less effective principals. Effective principals felt responsible for all aspects of their schools, accurately perceived how teachers viewed their relationships and involvement levels, and identified key teacher…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Leadership Responsibility, Middle Schools
Walters, Susan A. – 1991
Implementation processes and outcomes at a junior high school of the Mastery in Learning Project, an NEA-sponsored national school transformation effort, are described in this paper. Based on the principle that a school's decisions should be made by its faculty, the project seeks to develop teachers' ability to creatively and cooperatively use…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Faculty Development, Information Networks, Information Utilization
Wallace, Richard C., Jr.; And Others – 1990
A significant body of research from business and industry has generally confirmed the contribution of participative decision-making to improved organizational effectiveness and employee morale. Following a literature review, this paper explores the implementation of shared decision-making in the Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Public Schools. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership
Short, Paula M.; Rinehart, James S. – 1992
Findings of a study that examined the relationship between teachers' perceptions of school climate and their perceptions of empowerment are presented in this paper. Questionnaires were completed by 257 teachers, in 6 states from 8 schools, who participated in nationwide school empowerment projects. Findings indicate that school climate, age, and…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics
Coughlan, Robert J.; And Others – 1972
This report presents a theoretical model and a practical guide for a survey feedback-problem solving-collective decision intervention in educational systems. The intervention focuses on work roles and relationships; job function, authority, and communication patterns; and on reviewing group progress and problems. One objective of the strategy is…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Feedback, Intervention, Models
Malaspina, Barbara A. – 1991
This practicum was designed to improve preschool, kindergarten, and first grade teachers' group decision making skills in order to encourage program continuity from grade to grade in schools in a culturally diverse metropolitan area. A second aim was to use shared skill building to reduce isolation and improve problem solving among preschool and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Cooperative Planning, Early Childhood Education, Interprofessional Relationship
Emmett, Judith D.; And Others – Elementary School Guidance & Counseling, 1996
Reports on a study examining the power of the open classroom meeting. Participants indicated that open meetings increased the ability of students to relate to others, to listen, to communicate feelings, and to solve problems. Significant implications for the role of the school counselor in such meetings are explored. (RJM)
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Environment, Conflict Resolution, Educational Environment
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1 | 2