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Take a look at an interesting series of posts on Applying Lean Tools to University Courses by Luke Van Dongen:
Good stuff. There should be much more simulation in education in my opinion. It is effective, and as mentioned, can be used to tie concepts back to a shared experience. Some worthwhile articles on quality improvement in education: Using Systems Thinking To Improve Education by Maury Cotter, The Trouble With “Back-to-Basics” and “Tougher Standards” by Alfie Kohn, Teaching Quality Improvement by Quality Improvement in Teaching by Ian Hau, Applying Total Quality Management Principles To Secondary Education by Kathleen Cotton, Using QFD to Design a TQM Course by Glenn Mazur.
Related: Suggested books for quality improvement in education - Ackoff on learning, education and teaching (podcast) - higher education improvement links - primary education improvement directory
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January 6th, 2007 at 9:10 am
[...] I think the Baldrige criteria can help, but it is not the most effective strategy (it is too often just a surface attempt to apply some “tools” without real change). I believe improvement methods, strategies and tools can work for education but the education area has special factors to consider. [...]
April 18th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
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