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TECHNOLOGY, POLICY, AND SCHOOL CHANGE:
THE ROLE OF INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS
by
Darrell Forthe
__________________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2012
Copyright 2012 Darrell Forthe
Object Description
| Title | Technology, policy, and school change: the role of intermediary organizations |
| Author | Forthe, Darrell |
| Author email | forthe@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-03-12 |
| Date submitted | 2012-04-26 |
| Date approved | 2012-04-26 |
| Restricted until | 2012-04-26 |
| Date published | 2012-04-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Burch, Patricia |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Garcia, Pedro Hentschke, Guilbert |
| Abstract | As educators work to advance 21st century teaching and learning in schools, numerous reforms are needed but none greater than the necessity to integrate technology. Technology integration presents complex challenges because numerous changes must take place. The National Education Technology Plan 2010 (NETP) provides a road map for these necessary changes. Schools must find ways to increase their capacity to change in order to make technology integration a reality. Intermediaries are uniquely positioned to fill that need lending their skills and talents. Intermediary organizations have begun to increase their role in the process of reforming education by providing critical technology services and supports. ❧ Three qualitative case studies of California unified school districts and their supporting intermediary organizations were conducted to examine the impacts of the NETP, functions and strategies of intermediary organizations working with districts, and actions taken during technology integration implementations. Among the major findings, it was discovered that the NETP has minimal impact on the actions of districts and their intermediaries mostly due to infrastructure barriers. It was also found that intermediaries network with schools based on relationships built on reciprocity. In addition, district technology integration initiatives proved to be problematic and partnering with intermediaries was imperative and must be on-going to bring schools into the 21st century. |
| Keyword | technology; NETP; school change; intermediary organization; educational technology; technology integration |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Forthe, Darrell |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-FortheDarr-664.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | TECHNOLOGY, POLICY, AND SCHOOL CHANGE: THE ROLE OF INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS by Darrell Forthe __________________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2012 Copyright 2012 Darrell Forthe |
