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Associate Professor Other Titles Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior (by courtesy) Faculty Co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society Contact Info Phone:  (650) 725-5510 Email:  debram@stanford.edu Office Location:  CE 427 Admin. Support Lauren Ellison Program Affiliations SHIPS (PhD): Administration and Policy Analysis SHIPS (PhD): Organization Studies SHIPS (MA): POLS SHIPS (MA): MA/MBA Research Research Summary:  Professor Meyerson's research has focused on conditions and change strategies that foster constructive and equitable gender and race relations in organizations. Her more recent projects investigate scaling and innovation in the charter school field, the role of philanthropy in shaping educational innovation, and conditions that foster learning and distributed leadership in organizations. Current Research:  Debra Meyerson conducts research in five areas: a) gender and race relations in organizations, specifically individual and organizational strategies of change aimed at removing inequities and fostering productive inter-group relations; b) the role of philanthropic organizations as intermediaries in fostering change within educational institutions; c) leadership and entrepreneurship in education; d)going to scale in the charter school field; and e)accessibility and the construction (and destruction) of work-life boundaries through communication technologies. Research Interests:  Feminism Gender Studies Identity School Leadership Intergroup Relations School Reform Issues Charter Schools Statistical Issues in Educational Accountability and Large-Scale Assessment Minorities Dispersed Leadership Multiculturalism Diversity Organizational Change Organizations Educational Equity Women and Management / Work Principal Training Ethnography Quote "By taking on the quality of uncontestable truth, dominant narratives in organizations keep existing arrangements in place. Alternative narratives open the way for experimentatio

How can you engage your students and be sure they are learning the conceptual foundations of a lecture course? In From Questions to Concepts, Harvard University Professor Eric Mazur introduces Peer Instruction and Just-in-Time teaching -- two innovative techniques for lectures that use in-class discussion and immediate feedback to improve student learning. Using these techniques in his innovative undergraduate physics course, Mazur demonstrates how lectures and active learning can be successfully combined. This video is also available as part of another DVD, Interactive Teaching, which contains advice on using peer instruction and just-in-time teaching to promote better learning. For more videos on teaching, visit http://bokcenter.harvard.edu

Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. He is also one of the world's leading speakers with a profound impact on audiences everywhere. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference have been seen by an estimated 200 million people in over 150 countries.

The Office of Educational Technology is involved in a variety of projects and initiatives that leverage technology to improve teaching and learning and create opportunities for innovation.

Mobilizing the Tennessee Board of Regents (mTBR) for the new innovations of Mobile Devices and App Technology, Social Networking, Gaming, Simulations, Virtual Worlds to increase recruiting, retention, graduation rates, and for meeting the needs of 21st Century Technological Workforce. -6 Universities/-13 Community Colleges /-27 Technical Centers /-State Wide Workforce Training and Development Twiddle: Need an Interactive Smart/WhiteBoard?

An insider's look at innovation in the MIT Media Lab In its 25-year history. He found that CEOs and elementary-school students alike had the same reaction: "Everybody goes away thinking, 'How can I be more creative in my life?'"

The "data room" at Sharpstown High School in Houston is covered from floor to ceiling in dense grids, neatly drawn numerals, and a rainbow of felt marker.

K-12 education may be at a pivotal point in its evolution. New approaches to schooling are being tested around the country, technological tools are making it easier to adjust classroom teaching methods to target individual student needs, and an emerging market of educational entrepreneurs is seeking to make money by solving problems. Indeed, the word "innovation" seems to be in everyone's lexicon these days; it's even turning up as part of new education job titles in school districts and states.