Research And Reform

Author : Pamela B. Walters,Annette Lareau,Sheri Ranis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135856533

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Education Research On Trial by Pamela B. Walters,Annette Lareau,Sheri Ranis Pdf

Read the author's commentary for the Teachers College Record here: http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=15915 It is not an exaggeration to say that the field of education has been under attack. Many, particularly in Washington, D.C., have proclaimed the research to be shoddy. They have called for new "scientific" standards for research. Randomized control trials have been promoted. In many of these discussions, the only criterion is making a more rational and scientific approach to education research. Since the federal government plays a leadership role in defining the terms of education debates, this critique is important. It stands to radically reshape research and possibly school priorities in the future. The essays in this book take up this important topic. They offer critical insight into how this debate came to flourish. Some of the authors take issue with core assertions of the debate; other are sympathetic. Taken together, they help to broaden and deepen our understanding of the efforts to revamp the field of education research and, ultimately education. The chapters also discuss the factors that facilitate, and impede, research from having an impact on policy. Teaching and Learning Goals Include: -- helps illuminate the relationship between education research and policy --critically examines key assumptions of federal legislation particularly the call for scientific rigor in the No Child Left Behind Legislation --helps students understand the broader intellectual context of this crisis in education

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : China
ISBN : 9780889368156

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A Decade of Reform by International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Decade of Reform: Science and technology policy in China

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on the Federal Role in Education Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309047296

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Research and Education Reform by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on the Federal Role in Education Research Pdf

The Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in the U.S. Department of Education has a mandate for expanding knowledge of teaching and learning and for improving education in this country. This book focuses on how OERI can better fulfill that mission in light of what is known about why prior education reforms have often failed, what is needed to enhance the effectiveness of such efforts, and what education research and development can contribute to better schools. The history, mission, governance, organization, functions, operations, and budgets of OERI are analyzed. Recommendations are made for restructuring OERI, expanding funding, involving scholars from many fields, and engaging teachers and school principals in improvement efforts.

Author : Laura Elizabeth Pinto
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781442661585

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Curriculum Reform in Ontario by Laura Elizabeth Pinto Pdf

This first full account of curriculum policy formulation in 1990s Ontario helps readers understand the real-life experiences of policymakers both within the province and internationally. Having worked as a policy analyst for the Government of Ontario, a public school teacher, and a university professor, author Laura Elizabeth Pinto is uniquely positioned to tackle the key issues of policy formulation: the politics and tensions among different policy actors; the relationships between democracy in education and in policy formation; and the hidden role of privatization. Based on interviews with key policy actors, including ministry bureaucrats, curriculum policy writers, stakeholder consultation participants, and political staffers, Curriculum Reform in Ontario provides a critique of conventional policy formulation processes. Pinto also suggests possibilities for more participatory approaches to policy formulation that can better support the critical role played by schools in creating democratic societies.

Author : Tommy M. Tomlinson,Albert Tuijnman
Publisher : OECD
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015032619234

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Education Research and Reform by Tommy M. Tomlinson,Albert Tuijnman Pdf

The role of governments in the operation of education research and development systems is under critical scrutiny throughout the developed world. The introductory chapter presents the main themes of a seminar held in 1992 and outlines challenges for further work. The next 10 chapters focus on education research and development issues: (1) "Educational Research Policy in the United States: Background and Overview for the Joint OERI/OECD Seminar" (Tommy M. Tomlinson); (2) "Trends, Issues and Problems in Educational Research in a Group of OECD Countries" (Desmond L. Nuttall); (3) "The OERI/CERI Seminar on Educational Research and Development: A Synthesis and Commentary" (Michael Huberman); (4) "Research and Education Reform: A Study of the Federal Role in United States' Education Research and Development" (Katherine Bick; Gregg B. Jackson); (5) "Changes in the Relationship between Educational Research and Policy: The Case of the Netherlands" (Paul M. M. van Oijen); (6) "Teachers as Critical Consumers of Research" (Michael G. Fullan); (7) "Near the Chalk Face: New Approaches to Research for Education Renovation" (Bob W. Connell); (8) "Uniting Producers and Consumers: Challenges in Creating and Utilizing Educational Research and Development" (Susan H. Fuhrman); (9) "In Search of New Structures and Procedures for Organizing Government Funded Education Research and Development" (Thomas K. Glennan, Jr.); and (10) "Afterwards: Research and Reform in the United States" (Tommy M. Tomlinson). Biographies of the 11 authors follow the articles. (CK)

Author : Consortium of Higher Education Researchers. Conference
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-04-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 1402034024

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Reform and Change in Higher Education by Consortium of Higher Education Researchers. Conference Pdf

This volume offers a comprehensive discussion of implementation analysis in higher education and an extensive review of relevant recent literature. Coverage analyzes the effective and specific complexities of the implementation of higher education policies in several countries, including: Australia, Austria, Finland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Author : R. Burridge,D. Ormandy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135832735

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Unhealthy Housing by R. Burridge,D. Ormandy Pdf

Unhealthy Housing presents an analysis of the research into the health implications of housing and the significance for legal regulation of housing conditions. Key experts present short papers, together with an overview to give an evaluation of the significance of housing on the health of occupiers.

Author : Donald R Forsdyke
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780203305027

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Tomorrow's Cures Today? by Donald R Forsdyke Pdf

Discussing the laws in the current research funding decision process, the author suggests ways to improve future funding of health research systems. Chapters recount ways of raising funds, the tragic way authorities improperly introduced diptheria immunization, consideration of how the peer review system evolved in response to massive infusion of funds in the nineteen forties, and the status quo generating a climate conducive to ethics violations, among others. This fascinating work will be an invaluable tool to researchers, health care workers, members of government agencies and those in charitable organizations that support health research, as well as to anyone interested in current trends in this area, including patients.

Author : Sandra Hollingsworth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135715359

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International Action Research by Sandra Hollingsworth Pdf

How groups of people, from various educational settings worlwide, conduct research together is the subject of this book. Rather than wait for top- down policy changes in education, many practitioners are conducting research in order to implement reform from the bottom-up, the aim of this research being to progress action necessary for educational reform. The authors look at different aspects and the impact of action research on educational reform around the world, including: how do geography and philosophy affect differences on this work worldwide?; what is the political nature of groups currently taking action to improve education?; and what are the tensions between personal and instructional changes that come from participating in action research? The text also considers the effects of action research on changes in the professions including education, social work, nursing and management.

Author : Mary Clare Lennon,Tom Corbett
Publisher : The Urban Insitute
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0877667144

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Policy Into Action by Mary Clare Lennon,Tom Corbett Pdf

The sweeping changes of 1996's welfare reform legislation are more than just new policies. They represent a profound transformation of the character and structure of social policy institutions in the United States, a shift from a bureaucratic, centralized mode for income transfer, to a "professional" mode aimed at complex behavioral change. The evaluation community has responded with a shift from traditional impact analyses to implementation studies that get inside the skin of this new, more flexible structure. Implementation research explores the translation of concepts into working policies and programs, and evaluates how well the administrative and management dimensions of these policies work, and how the programs are experienced by all involved. Policy into Action offers state-of-the-art thinking on implementation research from leading policy researchers and evaluation practitioners.

Author : Rita Berry,Bob Adamson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400707290

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Assessment Reform in Education by Rita Berry,Bob Adamson Pdf

This book discusses the recent assessment movements in the eastern and western worlds with particular focuses on the policies, implementation, and impacts of assessment reform on education. A new perspective of assessment sees assessment as a means to enhance learning. This book examines the tensions, challenges and outcomes (intended and unintended) of assessment reform arising at the interface of policy and implementation, and implementation and student learning. The book reviews the experiences insights gained from research, and identifies the facilitators and hindrances to effective change. It reflects current thinking of assessment and provides the readers with ample background information of assessment development in many countries including USA, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Author : David Bridges
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781107452886

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Education Reform and Internationalisation by David Bridges Pdf

This collection presents new investigations into the role of heritage languages and the correlation between culture and language from a pedagogic and cosmopolitical point of view.

Author : Michael Addonizio,C. Philip Kearney
Publisher : W.E. Upjohn Institute
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780880993951

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Education Reform and the Limits of Policy by Michael Addonizio,C. Philip Kearney Pdf

Author : Graeme B. Dinwoodie,Mark D. Janis
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781785366215

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Research Handbook on Trademark Law Reform by Graeme B. Dinwoodie,Mark D. Janis Pdf

This far-reaching Research Handbook is a follow-up to Graeme B. Dinwoodie and Mark D. Janis’s successful book Trademark Law and Theory. It examines reform of trademark law from a number of perspectives and across many jurisdictions, and contains insights from a stellar cast of trademark scholars.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004400115

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Higher Education System Reform by Anonim Pdf

Higher Education System Reform provides a comparative analysis of the position of 12 Higher Education Systems since the Bologna Declaration of 1999. It discusses and reflects on the original Bologna goals, the adopted paths of reform and the achieved results.