American-sponsored overseas schools : a dissertation integration.
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1983.
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| Online Access: | Link to ProQuest Copy Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | This inquiry integrates the dissertation literature on American-sponsored overseas schools from 1861 to 1982. Integration poses two design problems: (a) how to turn the many pieces of dissertation literature into an integrated representation of the research on American-sponsored overseas schools, and (b) given these integrated findings, how to create an agenda for future research that extends the knowledge base on American-sponsored overseas schools. The solution takes the form of a general dissertation integration model which consists of five discrete phases: Phase One (selection of integration topic and dissertation sample), Phase Two (specification of theoretical framework), Phase Three (identification and application of data coding structures), Phase Four (elaboration of empirical data), and Phase Five (integration of findings and development of research agenda). Findings of the study are organized around the four integration dimensions of Phase Two. These are: (1) Research Issues--which emphasizes the nine research issues specified for the integration topic on ASOS. Ranked from most to least frequently addressed, issues are school personnel, school setting, student body, school programs, interinstitutional relationships, school administration, institutional foundations, school governance, and school clientele. (2) Research Strategy--which addresses the eight research strategies specified for the integration model. Survey research (76%) is the predominant strategy employed. Other strategies used are case study (19%), historical study (8%), and experimental research (6%). (3) Quality--which rates dissertations as marginal, adequate, good or excellent. For the 89 dissertations on ASOS, the quality is judged to be adequate. (4) Demographic Characteristics--which provides information about the dissertation author, the institution, and the dissertation. The findings indicate that the average dissertation analyzed in this inquiry is written by a male with previous overseas experience, who completed a Ph.D. in educational administration at a public university in the early 1970s. The average dissertation is approximately 200 pages in length, uses other than APA style, relies on the questionnaire as its data source, and is analyzed using simple descriptive statistics. In Phase Five, two propositional inventories are constructed, one containing 61 statements and 25 trends for the substantive findings on the nine research issues and the second yielding 52 statements and 12 trends for the research strategy and quality of research dimensions. Finally, a research agenda is specified to guide future inquiries. |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Educational Administration." Typescript (photocopy). Vita. |
| Physical Description: | 2 volumes (xii, 542 leaves) : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 260-277). |