Innovation and Data Use in Cities

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2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-149
Author(s):  
Mary B. Ziskin

<?page nr="117"?>Abstract Calls for higher education institutions to implement improvements guided by “data-driven” processes are prevalent and widespread. Despite the pervasiveness of this turn toward data, research on how data-use works on the ground in postsecondary institutions—that is, how individuals within institutions make sense of education data and use it to inform practice—is still developing.Drawing on Habermas’ Theory of Communicative Action (TCA), critical-race theory, and methodological guidance on critical-qualitative research methods, this paper synthesizes methodological and substantive insights from P–12 data-use research, with an eye to applying these insights to critical questions on postsecondary educational equity. The result of the review and analysis is a theoretical framework and a set of methodological recommendations for future research on the perceptions and experiences of college faculty, administrators, and practitioners, regarding their data-use and its implications for equity.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Dedy Susanto

<p>This research is about da’wa of Majils Tafsir Alquran (MTA) in Semarang. MTA is Da’wa which did by a group of moslem to persuade other moslems to return to Alquran with understanding, appreciate, and practicing the value from Alquran in their dailly activities. The main problems in this reseacrh consist of: 1. How the dynamic da’wa of MTA in Semarang,2) how the pattern strategy of da’wa MTA in Semarang. This research is descriptive qualitative reserach. The methods of collecting data use three methods, there are observation, documentation, and interview. The conclusion from this research show that da’wa MTA was very dynamis. MTA was start their da’wa in Semarang since 1986 and was develop in Kendal, Pemalang, Kudus, and Jepara. The pattern of da’wa strategy MTA in Semarang there are islamic approach, social approach, and kindship.</p><p align="center"><strong>***</strong></p><p>Penelitian ini mengkaji tentang dakwah Majlis Tafsir Al-Qur’an (MTA) di Kota Semarang. Dakwah MTA adalah dakwah yang dilakukan oleh sekelompok muslim dengan tujuan untuk mengajak umat Islam kembali kepada al-Qur’an dengan penekanan pada pemahaman, penghayatan dan pengamalan al-Qur’an dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Pokok masalah yang dikaji dalam penelitian ini terdiri dari; 1) Bagaimana dinamika dakwah MTA di Kota Semarang, 3) Bagaimana pola strategi dakwah MTA Kota Semarang. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif deskripstif. Proses pencariaan data melalui tiga cara yaitu observasi, dokumentasi dan awawancara. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini, bahwa dinamika dakwah MTA merupakan pasang surut suatu kegiatan dakwah yang dilakukan oleh pelaksana dakwah secara kelompok melalui institusi. Dakwah yang dilakukan MTA Kota Semarang dimulai sejak 1986, dan berkembang di wilayah Kendal, Pemalang, Kudus, dan Jepara. Pola strategi dakwah yang dilakukan MTA di Kota Semarang antara lain pendekatan kajian keislaman, pendekatan sosial, dan pendekatan hubungan keluarga.. </p>


2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Huguet ◽  
Caitlin C. Farrell ◽  
Julie A. Marsh

Purpose The use of data for instructional improvement is prevalent in today’s educational landscape, yet policies calling for data use may result in significant variation at the school level. The purpose of this paper is to focus on tools and routines as mechanisms of principal influence on data-use professional learning communities (PLCs). Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through a comparative case study of two low-income, low-performing schools in one district. The data set included interview and focus group transcripts, observation field notes and documents, and was iteratively coded. Findings The two principals in the study employed tools and routines differently to influence ways that teachers interacted with data in their PLCs. Teachers who were given leeway to co-construct data-use tools found them to be more beneficial to their work. Findings also suggest that teachers’ data use may benefit from more flexibility in their day-to-day PLC routines. Research limitations/implications Closer examination of how tools are designed and time is spent in data-use PLCs may help the authors further understand the influence of the principal’s role. Originality/value Previous research has demonstrated that data use can improve teacher instruction, yet the varied implementation of data-use PLCs in this district illustrates that not all students have an equal opportunity to learn from teachers who meaningfully engage with data.


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