Full Description
The Improvement Science Dissertation in Practice provides a narrative and illustration about the purpose and features comprising the Dissertation in Practice and how this culminating experience is well suited to using Improvement Science as a signature methodology for preparing professional practitioners. This methodology, when combined with the Dissertation in Practice experience in EdD programs, reinforces practitioner learning about and skills for leadership and change. As a guide, the book is an extremely valuable resource that supports faculty, students, and practitioners in the application of Improvement Science to pressing educational problems in a structured, disciplined way.
Contents
Dedication
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1.
Designing a Professional Practice Doctorate
Chapter 2.
New Mindsets and a New Dissertation Frame
Chapter 3.
Actionable Problems of Practice
Chapter 4.
Reviewing the Literature: A Critical Skill
Chapter 5.
Drive Diagrams and a Theory of Improvement
Chapter 6.
Developing Improvement Measures
Chapter 7.
Testing the Theory/Change and Final Write Up
Chapter 8.
Implications: Challenges and Lessons Learned
About the Authors
Index
