Improving writing processes using lean and Kanban

Key points

• Concepts from lean manufacturing and Kanban production can usefully be applied to writing for academic publication.
• Value and pull focus the author's attention on the needs of reviewers, editors, and readers.
• Value stream and flow emphasize an end‐to‐end process of prioritization, writing, editing, revision, resubmission, and publication
• Perfection places emphasis on publication quality.
• A Kanban board is advocated to plan and monitor the writing and publication lifecycle.
• The author's experience shows a steady improvement in output rankings and researcher reputation metrics over a four‐year period.

     

The generality,analysis, and assessment of single-subject data

Arguments concerning the generality and statistical analysis of single-subject data are evaluated. Consideration is also given to the role that philosophy of science can play in evaluating research methodology. From this background, single-subject data emerge as a unique phenomenon with special relevance for psychologists and educators who focus on the individual. Statistical techniques for analyzing an individual's data are found to have numerous limitations. Furthermore, critiques of visual analysis yield analogous arguments against inferential statistics. Philosophy of science has proven a poor touchstone for evaluating scientific methodology. Instead, it is best at placing philosophical foundations under already constructed methods and theories.     

A Sustainable Entrepreneurship Training Program

Across the country, educational and policy leaders are challenged to find solutions to the potentially serious shortage of certified public school teachers. Although community colleges enroll almost half of the undergraduate students in American colleges and universities, until very recently, little attention has been focused on their potential role in meeting this critical societal need. In addition to discussing pertinent literature, proposing a basic typology of teacher education delivery models based on those already being utilized by community colleges, and describing relevant issues and challenges, this article reports and analyzes the findings of a 2002 survey of state community college directors. The survey was designed to ascertain perceptions of these state leaders with respect to the current role of community colleges in teacher education and the importance of the issue in their respective states. Questions for further study and policy considerations are offered as an extension of the analysis of these data and issues.