Seeds of engagement: Design conversations for educational change

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-101

  Stokes, Helga ^a,b   Carr Chellman, Alison ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Change models; Design conversation; Educational change; Educational systems design; User design

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SYSTEMS SCIENCE; EDUCATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CHANGE MODELS; EDUCATIONAL CHANGE; EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS APPROACH; SYSTEMS THINKING; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; DESIGN;

EID: 33947095892     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.812     Document Type: Article

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