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The Research Program of the Yale Child Study Center School Development Program

James P. Comer ; Christine Emmons

The Journal of Negro education, 2006-07-01, Vol.75 (3), p.353-372 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
The Research Program of the Yale Child Study Center School Development Program
Author: James P. Comer ; Christine Emmons
Subjects: Outcomes of education ; Academic achievement ; Teachers ; Adolescent development ; Study centers ; Child development ; Parents ; Academic learning ; Educational environment ; Part 2: Action Research in Urban and/or High-Poverty Schools ; Educational reform ; Education ; Evaluation ; Standards ; Methods ; Learning ; Studies ; Parents & parenting ; Teaching methods ; Students ; Action research ; Research ; Children ; Schools ; Children & youth ; Teaching
Is Part Of: The Journal of Negro education, 2006-07-01, Vol.75 (3), p.353-372
Description: The Yale Child Study Center School Development Program (SDP) uses an action research approach to explore obstacles to good teaching and learning in schools, and to reduce or eliminate them. Action research is among the least highly regarded of current research methodologies. Such work is still often referred to as demonstration projects rather than research. But from the beginning, 1968, Comer and colleagues found many often hidden, complex, interactive, and critically important variables that could not be taken into account without an action research approach. Much like turning over a large, damp rock in nature, the emotions and frenetic activity in social organizations, particularly schools, are not apparent until there is an effort to change them. In this article the authors begin with the current research focus, and then review why an action research approach was used. They explain how the pilot, field-test and dissemination aspects of the work evolved. The intervention methods used and the outcomes are described, as well as the experimental and other evaluation and research studies that were made possible by the initial and continuing action research approach. Also discussed are the major conclusions drawn from SDP work, and the current efforts to address what are the continuing major obstacles to good teaching and learning in schools.
Publisher: USA: Howard University School of Education
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0022-2984
EISSN: 2167-6437
CODEN: JNEEAK

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