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Stoll, Louise; Temperley, Julie – School Leadership & Management, 2009
In times of constant change, teachers need to be flexible, adaptable and creative. This article argues that promoting creativity of staff to enhance twenty-first century learning is a fundamental challenge for school leadership today. Drawing on the findings of a research and development project involving senior leadership teams and a local…
Descriptors: Creativity, Research and Development, Leadership Qualities, Instructional Leadership
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Clark, Elaine – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
This article reports on the launching of the Revans Academy for Action Learning and Research at Manchester Business School on 26 November 2008. The goal of the Academy is to foster the development of action learning as a unifying framework within Manchester Business School. Its goal is to provide a hub for dialogue, collaboration, exploitation and…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods, Program Descriptions
Wilson, Zach; Howley, Craig – Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM), 2012
"Going Further" presents a roadmap to the works of the ACCLAIM (Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics) Research Initiative, the research effort of one the Centers for Learning and Teaching (CLTs) created with a grant (2001-2005) from the National Science Foundation. The Center began…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Doctoral Programs, Rural Education, Science Course Improvement Projects
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Moore, Corey L.; Johnson, Jean E.; Manyibe, Edward O.; Washington, Andre L.; Uchegbu, Nkechi E.; Cross, Kenyotta Eugene; Hollis-Staten, Bridget; Turner-Whittaker, Tyra; Edwards, Yolanda – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2012
This study reports on an investigation of barriers that prevent Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) from fully participating in the federal disability and rehabilitation research and development (R&D) agenda. The Delphi technique was used to examine panelists' perceptions on the importance of contextual R&D barriers…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Black Colleges, Delphi Technique, Research and Development
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Kwiek, Marek – European Educational Research Journal, 2012
The article discusses an East/West divide in Europe in university knowledge production. It argues that the communist and post-communist legacies in the four major Central European economies studied (Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic) matter substantially for educational and research systems. The differences in university…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Competition
Susianna, Nancy – Online Submission, 2011
The objectives of this research were to identify the characteristics and effectiveness of chemistry teaching programs that increase students' entrepreneurial attitudes, chemistry concepts understanding and creativity. The research design application refers to the R & D (Research and Development) Design. Seventy-three senior high school students…
Descriptors: Creativity, Research and Development, Learning Activities, Chemistry
Kowal, Julie; Ableidinger, Joe – Public Impact, 2011
In recent years, national policymakers have placed new emphasis on "school turnarounds" as a strategy for rapid, dramatic improvement in chronically failing schools, calling on education leaders to turn around performance in the 5,000 lowest-achieving schools nationwide. This goal may seem daunting, given the dismal success rates of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Evidence, Business, Nonprofit Organizations
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Baran, Evrim; Chuang, Hsueh-Hua; Thompson, Ann – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
TPACK (technological pedagogical content knowledge) has emerged as a clear and useful construct for researchers working to understand technology integration in learning and teaching. Whereas first generation TPACK work focused upon explaining and interpreting the construct, TPACK has now entered a second generation where the focus is upon using…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Jones, Sharon; Lawyer, James Douglas; Loewe, Jon – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This document reports the procedure and outcomes associated with a project focusing on educational research and development (R&D) based resources in the essential components of school improvement systems. Yet, the dissemination of and access to these R&D resources can be a complicated process. Access to educational resources and information…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Research and Development, Educational Research, School Culture
National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 2010
This report describes a comprehensive knowledge synthesis of professional learning communities (PLCs) and their impact on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning in K-12 education. This report is organized around the following sections: Background, Overview of Key Findings, Methodology, Results, and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Advisory Committees, Elementary Secondary Education, Competence
McClair, Vetisha L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The current study seeks to build on to the existing literature on career interventions by empirically examining possible outcomes of two of the most widely utilized career interventions, career counseling and career courses. This investigation used Critical Ingredients (Brown & Ryan Krane, 2000; Brown, et al., 2003; Ryan, 1999) to assess the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Error of Measurement, Counselors, Career Counseling
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Superfine, Alison Castro; Kelso, Catherine Randall; Beal, Susan – Educational Policy, 2010
The implementation of "research-based" mathematics curricula is increasingly becoming a central element of mathematics education reform policies. Given the recent focus on grounding mathematics curriculum policies in research, it is important to understand precisely what it means for a curriculum to be research-based. Using the Curriculum Research…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Research and Development, Mathematics Education, Curriculum Research
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Fugazzotto, Sam J. – Tertiary Education and Management, 2010
Generating knowledge for various constituents and for society has always defined colleges and universities. Recent decades, though, have witnessed shifts in knowledge production and consumption. Research-oriented higher education institutions have developed closer linkages to for-profit firms, which have sought to exploit and commercialize…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational History, Role of Education, Educational Finance
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van Velzen, Corinne; van der Klink, Marcel; Swennen, Anja; Yaffe, Elka – Professional Development in Education, 2010
This article presents the results of an exploratory research study into induction practices of novice teacher educators in six different countries. The study was a project carried out by members of the Association of Teacher Educators Europe (ATEE) Research and Development Centre Professional Development of Teacher Educators. Induction is seen as…
Descriptors: Interviews, Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Beginning Teacher Induction
Rosales, Laura Leal – Journal of Research Administration, 2010
In 2001, the Texas state legislature created the Texas Excellence Fund (TEF) and the University Research Fund (URF) with the purpose of supporting institutional excellence and research capacity at general academic institutions. During the 2002-2003 biennium, participating Texas public universities received revenues from these funds (Legislative…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Universities, Educational Finance, Institutional Characteristics
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