Session Summary

15.034 - Achieving Educational Change: Understanding Daily Practice and Developing New Methodologies

Fri, April 5, 12:00 to 1:30pm, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Floor: 200 Level, Room 201C

Session Type: Paper Session

Abstract

The papers within this session study the way in which educational change can be achieved from various angles including:
- Interaction patterns of teachers and their students.
- the role of formal and non-formal agents
- the role of priming in influencing teachers' commitment to change.
- the development of the Interpretive Case-based Modeling approach
- the role of education networks.

In addition, the methodologies are diverse, including quantitative (experimental and simulation models), qualitative (documents, interviews, observed conversations) and mixed methods designs.

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