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Running head: CONTEXTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AN EVALUATION STUDY: QUALITY CONTEXTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
by
Mathew F. Neal
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
August 2018
Copyright 2018 Mathew F. Neal
Object Description
| Title | An evaluation study: quality contextual professional development |
| Author | Neal, Mathew F. |
| Author email | mathewneal@hotmail.com;mathewne@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Organizational Change and Leadership (On Line) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2018-05-10 |
| Date submitted | 2018-08-09 |
| Date approved | 2018-08-09 |
| Restricted until | 2018-08-09 |
| Date published | 2018-08-09 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Mora-Flores, Eugenia |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Tardibuono, Joan Kaplan, Sandra |
| Abstract | This study explored a performance gap in contextual (data-driven) professional development implementation in K-12 school environments. The purpose of the study was to analyze factors that contributed to the performance gap and present solutions that qualitatively increase professional development implementation. The project used several knowledge, motivation, and organizational change theories within the framework of Clark and Estes’ (2008) gap analysis. Using qualitative data collection, classroom observation, and document analysis, the study found that the employees were lacking in key knowledge, motivation and organizational supports to fully implement the contextual professional development provided. These gaps were then used to present strategies to bridge the performance gaps. |
| Keyword | contextual PD; KMO; K-12; organizational change; Clark and Estes; qualitative study; professional development; data-driven professional development |
| Language | English |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| 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 | Neal, Mathew F. |
| Physical access | 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@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-NealMathew-6717.pdf |
| Archival file | Volume3/etd-NealMathew-6717.pdf |
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| Full text | Running head: CONTEXTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AN EVALUATION STUDY: QUALITY CONTEXTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT by Mathew F. Neal 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 August 2018 Copyright 2018 Mathew F. Neal |
