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  • Partnerships at the center of Advanced Learning : a regional educational reform initiative

    Creator:
    Dunlap, Joseph H.
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    The purpose of this research study is to investigate and gain understanding of the factors contributing to development of the Center for Advanced Learning (CAL), a regional collaborative educational reform project and the partnerships that emerged from that process. The development process and partnerships are examined from a systems thinking...
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    : A Regional Educational Refonn Initiative by Joseph H. Dunlap A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon

  • Perspectives of teacher leaders in an educational reform environment : finding meaning in their involvement

    Creator:
    Birky, Virginia Davidhizar
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    The purpose of this qualitative research study was to describe the experiences of secondary teachers who were actively involved in positions of teacher leadership in their schools and to discover the meaning that leadership activities had for them in their work. The informal teacher leaders performed their leadership functions in...
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    Dissertation
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    at Oregon State University who helped me reach this point of my educational career. You made it

  • An evaluation of a change effort

    Creator:
    Carlson, Ron
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    School districts across the nation are engaged in an ongoing attempt to bring about change. Educational researchers strive to initiate change in the classroom with students as well as the teachers of these students. The evaluation of a change effort is a key element in any implementation model; as the...
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    Dissertation
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    change. Educational researchers strive to initiate change in the classroom with students as well as the

  • Middle school change : a process for restructuring in a large school district

    Creator:
    Hanneman, Kathleen D.
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    This qualitative study examined organizational change including the necessary steps that a large school district took in planning and implementing a reform effort. This project told a story of one school district's experience. The study covered a five year period from 1990 to 1995 in the 30,000 student Salem-Keizer School...
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    Dissertation
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    A TIME OF CHANGE AND CHALLENGE" 26 3.4.3 DOCUMENT 2 1992 "MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL

  • Internationalization in Oregon and Washington community colleges

    Creator:
    Sipe, Deborah M.
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    Research on higher education during the period 1990 to 2013 has suggested that U.S. higher education institutions were significantly impacted by a number of global forces, including an increase in the movement of goods, information, and people across borders. During the same period, a measurable increase occurred in the number...
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    institutional change in Oregon and Washington community colleges. The practical significance of this

  • A systems thinking approach to education reform : addressing issues surrounding teacher burnout through comprehensive school change

    Creator:
    Matier, Kimberly E.
    Abstract:
    There is a wealth of research on issues surrounding teacher burnout and school reform. The literature on burnout, however, does not provide information on system-based burnout prevention models. Comprehensive reform, although intended to improve schools as a whole, does not look at reform models developed as sources of teacher support....
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    education reform occurred. Historical Influences on Educational Change Throughout its history