Dear Jorge: My dissertation, which is in draft form at this point, is
based on six case studies of California community colleges whose mission
statements include a formal commitment to becoming a learning
organization/college/community (the terminology varies). In particular, I
wanted to find out whether and how these colleges were preparing faculty
and staff to be active members of a learning organization. To do that, I
examined their staff development plans and conducted interviews of key
administrators, faculty and staff at each college. The fact that an
increasing number of community colleges are undergoing "re-engineering" or
"re-designing" and reinforcing a commitment to being learning-centered
reflects the current reform movement in community colleges -- the learning
revolution (also known as the shift to the learning paradigm, the learning
college, etc.). If you can use information at the community college
level, please feel free to contact me. Unfortunately, I am not as
knowledgeable about this phenomenon at the K-12 level, although I do have
a number of books on school (K-12) reform in my bibliography and would be
happy to share the references.
Harriett.
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