Federal Programs Supporting Educational Change: Vol. I, A Model of Educational Change

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Federal Programs Supporting Educational Change: Vol. I, A Model of Educational Change

Abstract/Description

The first in a five-volume study of federally funded (change agent) programs designed to introduce and spread innovation practices in public schools. This report provides a theoretical perspective to the series by analyzing the current state of knowledge of planned change in education and by proposing the conceptual model of factors affecting change processes within school districts. The literature review reveals the need for a more systematic understanding of the process of implementation. Over time the innovative plan will become developed, operationalized, often revised, and "adapted," following the realities of its institutional setting. Implementation is the change process that occurs when an innovative project impinges on an organization. Thus the focus of research shifts away from measuring a project by its stated goals. What is important are the actual changes occurring as a result of the project, how and why they occur, and what effect they have on the organization's operation.

Author/creator

Berman, Paul

McLaughlin, Milbrey Wallin

Date

1974

Publisher

RAND Corporation

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Theoretical

en Synthesis/Overview

Language

en

Open access/full-text available

en Yes

Peer reviewed

en No

URL

Open Access Report (Rand Corporation)

Citation

Berman, P., & McLaughlin, M. W. (1974). Federal Programs Supporting Educational Change: Vol. I, A Model of Educational Change. RAND Corporation. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1589z1.html

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Scale and Sustainability of Education Innovation and Improvement

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OB Citations - Scale and Sustainability of Education Innovation and Improvement

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