Flying (Partially) Blind: School Leaders' Use of Research in Decision Making

Autor/in	Fusarelli, Lance D.
Titel	Flying (Partially) Blind: School Leaders' Use of Research in Decision Making
Quelle	In: Phi Delta Kappan, 89 (2008) 5, S.365-368 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-7217
Schlagwörter	Action Research; Educational Change; Decision Making; Educational Research; Educational Improvement; Educational Administration; Administrators + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Bildungsreform; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung
Abstract	There is a common perception that educational leaders ignore research when they make decisions about school improvement. In this article, the author argues that when the research is relevant to practitioners' needs and when school leaders foster a culture of data literacy, the picture changes. School leaders do use research to inform decision making. But they don't use it in the traditional way. Instead, they tend to rely more on applied, data-based, or action research than on traditional academic research produced by outsiders. Instead of constantly reinventing the wheel, making decisions through trial and error, or, worse, making decisions in the dark--an all too common practice--school leaders who use action research and engage in data-based decision making are able to promote more coherent and effective systemic reform. (Contains 20 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10