Improvement Science in Education: A Primer - Couverture souple

Hinnant-Crawford, Brandi Nicole

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1975503554 ISBN 13 : 9781975503550

Editeur : Myers Education Press, 2020

Synopsis

Improvement Science in Education: A Primer serves a simple but vital purpose: it provides a comprehensive explanation about the field of improvement science to both novices and current practitioners.

Improvement science is a methodological framework that is undergirded by foundational principles that guide scholar/practitioners to define problems, understand how the system produces the problems, identify changes to rectify those problems, test the efficacy of those changes, and spread the changes (assuming that the change is indeed an improvement). This Primer is specifically designed to introduce improvement science to educational audiences. Originally employed in such fields as engineering and health care, it has proven to be a very effective process for improving schools. The book first explores the philosophical and methodological foundations of improvement science, juxtaposing it with traditional forms of research so that clear distinctions can be drawn. It then guides the reader through the process of improvement. By providing many examples of strategies to achieve educational equity, the Primer illustrates the practicality of the method as a way to deal with today’s most pressing problems in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary education. It should be adopted in every classroom devoted to the topic.

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À propos de l'auteur

Brandi Hinnant-Crawford, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Educational Research at Western Carolina University. As a mixed-methods methodologist, she believes in the complementary nature of quantitative and qualitative research, and seeks to use research in transformative ways (such as with improvement science). Dr. Hinnant-Crawford’s work has been published in diverse venues such as Urban Education, the Journal for Multicultural Education, and Black Theology. She holds a PhD from Emory University in Educational Studies, a master’s degree in Urban Education Policy from Brown University, and bachelor’s degrees in English and Communication (media concentration) from North Carolina State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Myers Education Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1975503554
• ISBN 13: 9781975503550
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 230
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• Personne responsable: non disponible