Curriculum R & D: Incubating change in higher education

This mixed methods study examined incubation as a strategy for curricular change. The purpose was to examine the characteristics and effectiveness of curriculum incubation from a faculty perspective. The conceptual frame for this study proposed combining a grounded theory of incubation with concepts from organizational creativity to explain incubator processes. Findings concluded that while the incubator did engage is typical practices of nurturing, testing, and refining ideas, the salient characteristics of the incubator were most closely related to concepts of organizational creativity. The incubator examined in this study was in formative stages of development and data offered a thin slice of evidence supporting incubation as a mechanism of curricular change. Further study is warranted

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Organization & Leadership

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Sunderman, Judith A.

Contributors dc:contributor

• DeStefano, Lizanne
• Ikenberry, Stanley O.
• Greene, Jennifer C.
• Cain, Timothy R.

• Curriculum development
• Organizational change
• Higher education culture

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2011 Judith A. Sunderman

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/24374

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/24374