Colleen T. MacKinnon, Ed.D. - Research Projects
Research
Research plays a central role
in the inquiries that inform educational and other social policies. An
examination of intended and unintended outcomes of a policy or the
development of solutions to a problem can tap into numerous
fields of knowledge and span multiple
disciplines. The following list identifies a few topics I've explored.
For more
information, contact me at cmackinn@uvm.edu.
School
Facilities |
- renovating schools for 21st-century
learning
- indoor air quality & other
environmental conditions
- funding policy and equity
- solid-waste diversion during school
construction
- history of school architecture
- adaptive re-use of buildings
|
Educational
Technologies |
- building
community via online social networking
- influences of technologies on
schooling
- simulation software in a
social foundations
classroom
|
Public
School
Leadership |
- politics of community participation
in public schools
- work-load and resiliency
- annual performance evaluations of
school leaders
- school governance
|
Alternative
Schooling |
- Vermont's public alternative options
- historic preservation of a teen home
|
Program
Evaluation
|
- comparing
student experiences with program objectives
- student-feedback information systems
|
School
Funding |
- tax burdens and local control
- private foundations and public
schooling
|
Historical
Inquiry |
- evolution of Vermont's
common schools
|
| Community-Based
Action Research |
- facilities
planning with
diverse stakeholders
|
| Legal Research |
- incarcerated women &
gender-specific programming
- jury venire
- federal and state administrative
authority
|
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