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Multiple Audiences for Encouraging Research Use: Uncovering a Typology of Educators
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Neal, Jennifer Watling; Mills, Kristen J.; McAlindon, Kathryn; Neal, Zachary P.; Lawlor, Jennifer A. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2019
Purpose: We apply diffusion of innovations theory to examine two key research questions designed to inform efforts to improve the research--practice gap in education: (1) Are there distinct types of educators that differ in their prioritization of the compatibility, observability, complexity, relative advantage, and trialability of research? and…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Principals
Reflections on Administrative Theory and Practice in Schools.
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Sergiovanni, Thomas J. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1992
The commentary on this special issue on leadership summarizes the articles and claims that they take a different stance from previous research by legitimizing the subjective realities of practice, emphasizing meaning, and acknowledging the moral as a source of authority for what happens in school. (12 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
School Leadership Research in Changing Times.
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Anson, Ronald – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1992
The background essay introducing this special issue on leadership describes potential initiatives aimed at educational leadership research and development. The research supporting the invited journal articles was conducted at two national education leadership research centers. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Leadership, Research and Development