William G Spady
Biographic Data
| ID | 274490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William G Spady |
| GIVEN NAMES | William G |
| FAMILY NAME | Spady |
| SIGNATURE | SPADY W G |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Education |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The emerging paradigm of organizational excellence: Success through planned adaptability
The decade of the 80's has involved a continuing quest for examples and new models of organizational excellence. Among the publications that have captured major national attention are Peters and Waterman's (1982) In Search of Excellence, Peters' (1985) sequel A Passion for Excellence, the National Commission on Excellence in Education's (1983) A Nation at Risk, and Action for Excellence (1983), the report of a distinguished task force of governor…
The Vice-Principal as an Agent of Instructional Reform
Authority, Power, and the Legitimation of Social Control
Organizational Contexts for Implementing Outcome Based Education
T he Competency Based Education Movement, described by Spady (1977) as a bandwagon in search of a definition, appears to be here to stay at least for a while. According to the latest update of state legislative and policy action by the Education Commission of the States (Pipho, 1978), some type of approach is now underway in at least thirty states, and several others appear to be headed in this direction. Based on the proceedings compiled from fo…
Teaching and Social Behavior: Toward an Organizational Theory of Instruction
Competency Based Education: Organizational Issues and Implications
tangle, this diversity seems to embrace two major themes. One involves using competencies of various kinds as the new focus of schooling activities and graduation criteria. The other concerns the processes by which education is expected to become competency based. This paper represents a first step in clarifying some of the organizational issues related to these two themes. The range of competency (i.e. outcome) expectations reflected in current …
Competency Based Education: A Bandwagon in Search of a Definition
districts focused on the new requirements in 1974. The thrust of these new requirements and standards involved the introduction of three domains of survival level competencies as minimum conditions for high school graduation by 1978: personal development, social responsibility, and career development. In addition to passing a normal complement of high school courses, students will be obligated to master locally determined minimum standards in the…
The Environment of Schooling: Formal Education as an Open Social System
Structure and Process in Secondary Schools: The Academic Impact of Educational Climates. Edward L. McDill , Leo C. Rigsby
Socioeconomic Background and Achievement
The Problem of Protecting Pluralism
Authority, Conflict, and Teacher Effectiveness
An expanded version of this paper entitled The Authority System of the School and Student Unrest: A Theoretical Exploration will be published in the National Society for the Study of Education's 1974 Yearbook of Education, edited by C. Wayne Gordon. compatibly with others in his society and to utilize his cognitive and physical skills in effective (socially approved) ways. This, argued Durkheim (1961), is the most important function of the public…
Dropouts from higher education: Toward an empirical model
Dropouts from higher education: An interdisciplinary review and synthesis
Lament for the Letterman: Effects of Peer Status and Extracurricular Activities on Goals and Achievement
This paper tests the hypothesis that the student's peer status and his extracurricular participation in high school will effect both his educational goals and his subsequent college attainments, holding family SES, I.Q., and grades constant. Perceived status is positively related to goals but negatively related to their fulfillment. Athletes who exaggerate their peer status but do not participate in service or leadership activities especially fai…
Educational Mobility and Access: Growth and Paradoxes
The educational attainments of American males aged 25-64 are examined in relation to the educational backgrounds of their fathers. Although attainment levels improve for men in all status groups over time, the differences in reaching and completing college between men from high-and low-status origins appear to be increasing over time in both actual and conditional probabilities. When race is introduced as a control, the attainments of whites exce…
Lament for the Letterman: Effects of Peer Status and Extracurricular Activities on Goals and Achievement
This paper tests the hypothesis that the student's peer status and his extracurricular participation in high school will effect both his educational goals and his subsequent college attainments, holding family SES, I.Q., and grades constant. Perceived status is positively related to goals but negatively related to their fulfillment. Athletes who exaggerate their peer status but do not participate in service or leadership activities especially fai…
Competency Based Education: A Bandwagon in Search of a Definition
districts focused on the new requirements in 1974. The thrust of these new requirements and standards involved the introduction of three domains of survival level competencies as minimum conditions for high school graduation by 1978: personal development, social responsibility, and career development. In addition to passing a normal complement of high school courses, students will be obligated to master locally determined minimum standards in the…
Educational Mobility and Access: Growth and Paradoxes
The educational attainments of American males aged 25-64 are examined in relation to the educational backgrounds of their fathers. Although attainment levels improve for men in all status groups over time, the differences in reaching and completing college between men from high-and low-status origins appear to be increasing over time in both actual and conditional probabilities. When race is introduced as a control, the attainments of whites exce…
Competency Based Education: Organizational Issues and Implications
tangle, this diversity seems to embrace two major themes. One involves using competencies of various kinds as the new focus of schooling activities and graduation criteria. The other concerns the processes by which education is expected to become competency based. This paper represents a first step in clarifying some of the organizational issues related to these two themes. The range of competency (i.e. outcome) expectations reflected in current …
Organizational Contexts for Implementing Outcome Based Education
T he Competency Based Education Movement, described by Spady (1977) as a bandwagon in search of a definition, appears to be here to stay at least for a while. According to the latest update of state legislative and policy action by the Education Commission of the States (Pipho, 1978), some type of approach is now underway in at least thirty states, and several others appear to be headed in this direction. Based on the proceedings compiled from fo…
Authority, Conflict, and Teacher Effectiveness
An expanded version of this paper entitled The Authority System of the School and Student Unrest: A Theoretical Exploration will be published in the National Society for the Study of Education's 1974 Yearbook of Education, edited by C. Wayne Gordon. compatibly with others in his society and to utilize his cognitive and physical skills in effective (socially approved) ways. This, argued Durkheim (1961), is the most important function of the public…
The Vice-Principal as an Agent of Instructional Reform
Educational Mobility and Access: Growth and Paradoxes
The educational attainments of American males aged 25-64 are examined in relation to the educational backgrounds of their fathers. Although attainment levels improve for men in all status groups over time, the differences in reaching and completing college between men from high-and low-status origins appear to be increasing over time in both actual and conditional probabilities. When race is introduced as a control, the attainments of whites exce…
Dropouts from higher education: An interdisciplinary review and synthesis
Lament for the Letterman: Effects of Peer Status and Extracurricular Activities on Goals and Achievement
This paper tests the hypothesis that the student's peer status and his extracurricular participation in high school will effect both his educational goals and his subsequent college attainments, holding family SES, I.Q., and grades constant. Perceived status is positively related to goals but negatively related to their fulfillment. Athletes who exaggerate their peer status but do not participate in service or leadership activities especially fai…
Dropouts from higher education: Toward an empirical model
The Problem of Protecting Pluralism
Authority, Conflict, and Teacher Effectiveness
An expanded version of this paper entitled The Authority System of the School and Student Unrest: A Theoretical Exploration will be published in the National Society for the Study of Education's 1974 Yearbook of Education, edited by C. Wayne Gordon. compatibly with others in his society and to utilize his cognitive and physical skills in effective (socially approved) ways. This, argued Durkheim (1961), is the most important function of the public…
Structure and Process in Secondary Schools: The Academic Impact of Educational Climates. Edward L. McDill , Leo C. Rigsby
Socioeconomic Background and Achievement
The Environment of Schooling: Formal Education as an Open Social System
Competency Based Education: Organizational Issues and Implications
tangle, this diversity seems to embrace two major themes. One involves using competencies of various kinds as the new focus of schooling activities and graduation criteria. The other concerns the processes by which education is expected to become competency based. This paper represents a first step in clarifying some of the organizational issues related to these two themes. The range of competency (i.e. outcome) expectations reflected in current …
Competency Based Education: A Bandwagon in Search of a Definition
districts focused on the new requirements in 1974. The thrust of these new requirements and standards involved the introduction of three domains of survival level competencies as minimum conditions for high school graduation by 1978: personal development, social responsibility, and career development. In addition to passing a normal complement of high school courses, students will be obligated to master locally determined minimum standards in the…
Organizational Contexts for Implementing Outcome Based Education
T he Competency Based Education Movement, described by Spady (1977) as a bandwagon in search of a definition, appears to be here to stay at least for a while. According to the latest update of state legislative and policy action by the Education Commission of the States (Pipho, 1978), some type of approach is now underway in at least thirty states, and several others appear to be headed in this direction. Based on the proceedings compiled from fo…
Teaching and Social Behavior: Toward an Organizational Theory of Instruction
Authority, Power, and the Legitimation of Social Control
The Vice-Principal as an Agent of Instructional Reform
The emerging paradigm of organizational excellence: Success through planned adaptability
The decade of the 80's has involved a continuing quest for examples and new models of organizational excellence. Among the publications that have captured major national attention are Peters and Waterman's (1982) In Search of Excellence, Peters' (1985) sequel A Passion for Excellence, the National Commission on Excellence in Education's (1983) A Nation at Risk, and Action for Excellence (1983), the report of a distinguished task force of governor…
Psychology (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (9 works) · Mathematics education (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)