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Direct linkThoenig, Jean-Claude; Paradeise, Catherine – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2016
Are universities able to operate as strategic actors? An organisational sociology based approach supported by a comparative field research project identifies three types of social, cultural and cognitive processes that play a decisive role in building and implementing local capabilities required to mobilise a strategic capacity. The paper…
Descriptors: Universities, Capacity Building, Strategic Planning, Institutional Characteristics
Stratford, Robert; Wals, Arjen E. – Policy Futures in Education, 2020
There is a rational assumption built into some research projects that policy contexts are influenced by the quality of the evidence. This is, at best, only somewhat true some of the time. Through policy ethnographies, two education researchers working in the context of sustainability discuss their experiences with evidence-based policy. Central to…
Descriptors: Policy Analysis, Ethnography, Educational Researchers, Sustainability
Download full textRamlal, Adesh; Jones, Don; Kingston, Kathleen – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2020
In the education system in Trinidad and Tobago, only 60% of students are achieving mastery in literacy and numeracy as documented by national tests. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore principals' experiences leading strategic planning designed to increase achievement in literacy and numeracy in eight high-performing primary…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Elementary Schools, Principals, Strategic Planning
Alkrdem, Mofareh – International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2020
The dynamics of school as a single source of knowledge have changed, which eliminate the organizational obstacles that hinder its learning process and endeavor towards the construction of a leadership competence. The ability of an organization to construct and support the professional learning communities depends on its ability to improve and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Barriers, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Role
Okilwa, Nathern S. A.; Duarte, Bryan – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2020
The work of sustaining academic success in the midst of increasing accountability mandates, dwindling resource allocations, and increasing student diversity can be daunting. However, research related to successful school leadership identifies four core practices; setting direction, developing people, redesigning the organization, and managing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, High School Students, High Schools
Mickelsson, Martin – Environmental Education Research, 2020
This article aims to contribute to the knowledge of how the 'scaling' of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) activities is conceptualized in practice through transactional learning encounters. In the context of the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD, I discuss the re-actualisation of experiences as part of these encounters. The…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Educational Philosophy, Epistemology, Environmental Education
Squire, Juliet; LiBetti, Ashley; Goldberg, Rebecca Gifford – Bellwether Education Partners, 2020
Last fall, researchers at Bellwether Education Partners began research on how standard authorizing practices could discourage or disadvantage charter schools with nontraditional models, such as dual language immersion, Montessori, and competency-based education models. Throughout the course of their research, the authors spoke to dozens of school…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Nontraditional Education, Accountability, Models
Collins, Daniel P.; Bruce, Jacklyn; McKee, Katherine – Journal of Leadership Education, 2019
Using literature as the catalyst for change is grounded in Freirean pedagogy. In the case of the Oaks Leadership Scholars, leadership educators are crafting an environment for building transformative leadership skills using texts calling for the enactment of justice and equity as a starting point for capacity building and self-reflection. Students…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Social Justice, Leadership Training, Agricultural Education
Rigau, Briana L.; Dooling-Litfin, Jodi; Scully, Elizabeth; Killian, Catherine; Fisher, Gail; McManus, Beth; Khetani, Mary A. – ZERO TO THREE, 2019
This article outlines a quality improvement (QI) initiative to build organizational capacity for engagement in research and evidence-based practice in early intervention (EI). The authors describe the implementation of online learning modules, a writing group simulation, and the launch of a writing group fellowship with service coordinators and…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Early Intervention, Educational Research, Evidence Based Practice
Johnson, Matthew; Danvers, Emily; Hinton-Smith, Tamsin; Atkinson, Kate; Bowden, Gareth; Foster, John; Garner, Kristina; Garrud, Paul; Greaves, Sarah; Harris, Patricia; Hejmadi, Momna; Hill, David; Hughes, Gwen; Jackson, Louise; O'Sullivan, Angela; ÓTuama, Séamus; Perez Brown, Pilar; Philipson, Pete; Ravenscroft, Simon; Rhys, Mirain; Ritchie, Tom; Talbot, Jon; Walker, David; Watson, Jon; Williams, Myfanwy; Williams, Sharon – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2019
How should academic staff engage in outreach with communities outside of the university? The need of academics to answer this question has intensified in the UK given the changing priorities of academic job roles, shaped by increasing institutional concern for widening participation, graduate employability and research impact in an era of…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, College Faculty, School Community Relationship, Barriers
Brix, Jacob – Learning Organization, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose how a bottom-up creation of an ambidextrous organization can be enabled. By integrating research on "contextual ambidexterity" and "individual and organizational capacity building", an "innovation capacity building" framework is conceptualized that suggests how balance…
Descriptors: Innovation, Capacity Building, Transformational Leadership, Workplace Learning
Building Capacity for Professional Development: The Development of Teachers as Facilitators in Ghana
Perry, Emily; Bevins, Stuart – Professional Development in Education, 2019
In low- and middle-income countries, cascade models of teacher professional development are often used as routes to educational reform. In these models, external agents deliver professional development, which is then disseminated by in-country facilitators. However, little is known about how to support facilitators of professional development,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Capacity Building, Faculty Development, Developing Nations
Garbacz, S. Andrew – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2019
Schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) is a systems-level approach to promote appropriate behavior, increase academic achievement, and improve school climate. The PBIS infrastructure engages families as partners in school systems and extends evidence-based positive behavior support to the home. The article discusses a…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement
Education Evolving, 2019
Over half of all teacher-powered schools have designated administrators, and the role is very different from what a traditional principal does at most K-12 schools. This guide is designed to address the unique opportunities and challenges in being a teacher-powered administrator. The guide draws on the expertise and experience of eight…
Descriptors: Participative Decision Making, Cooperative Planning, Teacher Role, School Administration
OECD Publishing, 2019
Just as a compass orients a traveller, the OECD Learning Compass 2030 indicates the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values students need not just to weather the changes in our environment and in our daily lives, but to help shape the future. The Learning Compass 2030 is composed of seven elements: (1) core foundations; (2) transformative…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Skill Development, Values, Reflection
