scholarly journals P-20 Education Policy: School to College Transition Policy in Washington State

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Paul E Pitre
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Washington State ◽  
The State ◽  
State Education ◽  
Education Agency ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Student Transitions

This study examines Washington State’s attempt to move toward an integrated, P-20 system of education that enhances student transitions from high school to college. In analyzing Washington as a single case study, a profile of the state is developed on key access related characteristics. Data for this study were gathered utilizing fundamental case study methods. In depth qualitative interviews were conducted with Washington State Legislators, legislative staff, key state education agency officials, and college and university representatives. Document analyses of agency records, public hearings, testimonies, position papers, reports, and public meeting records were also conducted. This study found that Washington has many key programs in place to enhance student transitions between the K-12 system and the higher education, but the state’s current approach lacks coherence and cohesion. This study also found that the state has developed a new and innovative model with the potential to solve many transition related issues, but it will require assessment to determine its actual effectiveness.

scholarly journals COVID-19 School Closure-Related Changes to the Professional Life of a K–12 Teacher

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ute Kaden
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Single Case ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Closure ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
K 12

The COVID-19 pandemic forced K–12 school closures in spring 2020 to protect the well-being of society. The unplanned and unprecedented disruption to education changed the work of many teachers suddenly, and in many aspects. This case study examines the COVID-19 school closure-related changes to the professional life of a secondary school teacher in rural Alaska (United States), who had to teach his students online. A descriptive and explanatory single case study methodology was used to describe subsequent impacts on instructional practices and workload. Qualitative and quantitative data sources include participant observations, semi-structured interviews, artifacts (e.g., lesson plans, schedules, online time), and open-ended conversations. The results of this study demonstrate an increase and change in workload for the teacher and that online education can support learning for many students but needs to be carefully designed and individualized to not deepen inequality and social divides. The forced move to online learning may have been the catalyst to create a new, more effective hybrid model of educating students in the future. Not one single model for online learning will provide equitable educational opportunities for all and virtual learning cannot be seen as a cheap fix for the ongoing financial crisis in funding education.

scholarly journals The influence of post-2008 legislation on an acquisition that turned hostile: A South African case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
A. K. Biggs ◽  
C. B. Scheepers ◽  
M. M. Botha
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
South African ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Role Players ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
The Media

Hostile acquisitions have a significant impact on managers and employees. The possibility of an acquisition creates uncertainty and when the acquisition turns hostile it is even more disruptive to the target organisation. Also, negative perceptions are often created in the media about the acquirer that influence employees’ attitudes in the target organisation. Processes to successfully integrate the acquirer and target organisations are impacted by these antagonistic pre-acquisition circumstances. The Companies Act (no.71 of 2008) created opportunities for shareholders to hold an acquired company’s management accountable for financial performance and the researchers set out to investigate how the intent of the new legislation played out in practice, by studying an acquisition that turned hostile. The single case study research methodology revealed the manoeuvring of both the acquiring and acquired companies which utilised the mechanisms available to them through the new legislative, regulatory and corporate governance landscapes. The researchers provide an extensive review of the relevant mergers and acquisitions’ literature, as well as influence of the international legislative environment on the current local regulations. These regulations in turn, inform corporate governance and ultimately board behaviours. The researchers conducted qualitative interviews with key role players as well as legal and financial experts. The findings of the thematic analysis and triangulation process, informed a conceptual frame of three episodes.

Research and practice, meet the state education agency

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 (7) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
Carrie Conaway
Keyword(s):  
Policy Design ◽  
The State ◽  
State Agency ◽  
Research Use ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
State Education Agency ◽  
State Education ◽  
Education Agency ◽  
Advance Research

State education agencies play critically important roles in promoting research use in education. They influence policy design and implementation, collect data about schools and districts, and can use their statewide reach to advance research use within the state agency and in districts. As Carrie Conaway explains, the states that have done the most to advance research use for systems improvement have built research infrastructures, used both existing research and local data to spur improvement, and formed close partnerships with researchers.

scholarly journals Legislative Decision Making on Education Issues: A Qualitative Study

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Canfield-Davis ◽  
Sachin Jain
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
State Education Policy ◽  
Public Records ◽  
State Education ◽  
Factors Of Influence ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Legislative Decision

The purpose of this descriptive, single case study was to provide knowledge and insight about state education policy-making, specifically, the process by which education-related bills pass through a legislature. This study was also designed to identify factors of influence shaping legislative decision-making as perceived by lawmakers and observers of the legislative process. Sources of evidence included interviews, direct observation, archival records, public records documentation, and tape recordings of committee meetings and Senate floor sessions. Results show that a bill's fate is subject to many planned and unplanned sequential steps, and to a collection of diverse personalities that drive the legislative process. Trust forms the foundation upon which other factors depend including bill sponsors, party leadership, lobbyists, fellow legislators, and constituents.

scholarly journals Assessment of a Socio-constructivist Model for Teacher Training

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Antonio Joia
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Constructivist Model ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Distance Approach

This article assesses a socio-constructivist model for training K-12 teachers in Brazil, in the use of Informatics in education. The method applied combines both face-to-face exchanges and a WEB-based distance approach made possible by Internet technology. The characteristics of such training and its main objectives are analyzed according to the collected data presented. A descriptive single case study research methodology is applied. The main conclusions reached by this researchbased on the use of a systemic frameworkare presented, mainly those addressing the importance of care and coherence for knowledge creation in a socio-constructivist training model developed with the help of the Internet. Comparisons between this model and the traditional one are also presented.

A practical framework for achieving value creation and capture in healthcare through process improvement

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Evans ◽  
Sandra Leggat ◽  
Danny Samson
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Hospital System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Benefits

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to examine the concept of value in healthcare through a practical appraisal of the applicability of a conceptual framework, which is aimed at supporting the measurement and realisation of financial benefits from process improvement (PI) activities in a hospital setting.Design/methodology/approachA single case study of a hospital system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, was used to assess the applicability of the framework. The study sought to verify the framework's intention, that PI methods could be used to address known wastes that contribute to the cost of providing healthcare. The case study examines the current approach taken by the hospital to measure and realise financial benefits from PI activities and compares these to the components of the Strategy to Balance Cost and Quality in Health Care framework to assess its applicability in practice.FindingsThe case study revealed that the steps described in the framework were fundamentally in place albeit with some variation. Importantly, the case study identified an additional step that could be added into the framework to support hospitals to better define their portfolio of initiatives to deliver value. The case study also clarified three types of contributory elements that should be in place for the application of the framework to be successful.Practical implicationsThe Framework to Achieve Value in Healthcare is offered to hospitals as a model by which they can look to reduce expenditure through the removal of non-value adding activities. The modification to the conceptual framework has arisen from a single case study and would benefit from further testing by other hospitals in other policy settings (i.e. other countries).Originality/valueThis is the first paper to examine and enhance an existing framework to assist hospitals balance cost and quality through PI.

Managing Network Based Governance Structures in Disasters: The Case of the Passau Flood in 2013

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Wittmann ◽  
Marlen Jurisch ◽  
Helmut Krcmar
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
The Past ◽  
Hybrid Governance ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
German City ◽  
Management Staff

AbstractOver the past decades, an increasing number of environmental situations posed threats to humans and assets. Natural disasters happen more frequently and with higher intensity – such as floods caused by heavy rains. One example was the flood that hit in the middle of Europe in 2013. This article reports a single case study of the flood in the German city of Passau in 2013. In the case study we analyze the governance structure employed throughout the flooding as well as how it was managed. Beyond this, we examine how information and communication technology supported the management staff in fulfilling their tasks. Data were collected through semi-structured qualitative interviews with members of the management staff from the main organizations involved in the relief work for the Passau Flood in 2013. Our results show that a hybrid governance structure was employed. All in all, the disaster could be averted, but we identified several challenges and areas for improvement, which could be helpful for managing future disasters successfully.

The Struggle for Control of Teacher Education: A Case Study

1989 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nona A. Prestine
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
The State ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
State Education ◽  
The University

This study examines a governance conflict between the University of Wisconsin—Madison and the state education agency for control of the teacher education program. Using in-depth and focused interviews, document analysis, and participant observation, data were collected and analyzed for this case study. Factors identified as significant included internal institutional variables (the role of the organizational saga, the isolation and insularity of the University, the pluralistic nature of the School of Education, and the effect of decentralization on University response), external environmental forces (the prevailing general public mood, the formation of a successful coalition of external interest groups, and the role of the State Superintendent), and political processes. Conclusions of the data analysis are discussed in terms of their implications for governance of higher education.

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