The GOAT1 effects impact upon educational R and D |
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Authors: | Michael H Kéan Thomas C Mcnamara |
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Institution: | School District of Philadelphia U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The GOAT (Goodbye To All That) Effect is introduced as a special research and evaluation “outcome” effect characterizing decision-making unduly influenced by abandoning “write-off” tendencies, especially in the face of mounting problems. GOAT behavior can enter into educational decision-making all too easily because it finds a congenial atmosphere in education's habit of fluctuating with the latest trends and vogues and because it can use the prevailing systems analysis approach in much of educational management and evaluation as a blind. The “gradual refinement” approach offers an antidote to the GOAT Effect primarily because it is a fundamentally different approach from systems analysis and directly opposes the faddish orientation of current education. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to Michael H Kean Philadelphia Board of Education Office of Research and Evaluation 21st & The Parkway Philadelphia PA 19103 |
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