Curriculum R & D: Incubating change in higher education
Sunderman, Judith A.
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Description
Title
Curriculum R & D: Incubating change in higher education
Author(s)
Sunderman, Judith A.
Issue Date
2011-05-25T14:36:30Z
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
DeStefano, Lizanne
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Ikenberry, Stanley O.
Committee Member(s)
DeStefano, Lizanne
Greene, Jennifer C.
Cain, Timothy R.
Department of Study
Educ Policy, Orgnz & Leadersh
Discipline
Educational Organization & Leadership
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Curriculum development
Organizational change
Higher education culture
Abstract
This mixed methods study examined incubation as a strategy for curricular change. The purpose was to examine the characteristics and effectiveness of curriculum incubation from a faculty perspective. The conceptual frame for this study proposed combining a grounded theory of incubation with concepts from organizational creativity to explain incubator processes. Findings concluded that while the incubator did engage is typical practices of nurturing, testing, and refining ideas, the salient characteristics of the incubator were most closely related to concepts of organizational creativity. The incubator examined in this study was in formative stages of development and data offered a thin slice of evidence supporting incubation as a mechanism of curricular change. Further study is warranted
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