Congratulations to Kurt Richter for successfully defending his dissertation at Indiana University! Given Kurt’s contribution to the Change division and the interest his topic might generate among our membership, it seemed appropriate to post a link to it here.

Part of the abstract:

The Guidance System for Transforming Education (GSTE) is a design theory
used to facilitate systemic transformation in public school districts. This study sought to
improve some of the process guidelines described in the GSTE by using the qualitative
research methodology described as formative research (Reigeluth & Frick, 1999). This
methodology asked what worked well, what did not work as well as it could have, and
what could be done to improve the process. The current study examined the application
of the GSTE in the middle stages of the systemic transformation process with a
Leadership Team of 20-25 stakeholders in a public school district that consists of 5,954
students in a semi-urban, Midwestern setting.

Link to full dissertation:

 

Thanks for sharing your work Kurt!