Creating a school that matters: networking for school-community development
This study of the creation of a new upper secondary school in Iceland focuses on the way in which networking and collaboration across school boundaries contributed to a new form for school practice. The aim is to understand the value of school–community interaction and how the collaboration has expa...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/346 2024-09-15T18:14:10+00:00 Creating a school that matters: networking for school-community development Jóhannsdóttir, Þuríður Kennaradeild (HÍ) Faculty of Teacher Education (UI) Menntavísindasvið (HÍ) School of Education (UI) Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland 2017-06-08 1-18 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/346 https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2017.1337812 en eng Informa UK Limited Journal of Curriculum Studies; Jóhannsdóttir, T. (2017). Creating a school that matters: networking for school-community development. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1–18. doi:10.1080/00220272.2017.1337812 0022-0272 1366-5839 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/346 Journal of Curriculum Studies doi:10.1080/00220272.2017.1337812 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Education School community relationship Educational change Role of education Cultural historical theory Expansive learning theory Menntun Menntarannsóknir Menntabreytingar info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2017 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/34610.1080/00220272.2017.1337812 2024-07-09T03:01:56Z This study of the creation of a new upper secondary school in Iceland focuses on the way in which networking and collaboration across school boundaries contributed to a new form for school practice. The aim is to understand the value of school–community interaction and how the collaboration has expanded both the activities of the school and the local community. A cultural-historical approach is used to analyse how contradictions in practice act as catalysts for development. Data were generated over a three-year period mainly through ethnographic methods. The expansive learning theory provided methods for identifying contradictions and the way in which they were being addressed in developing the school. The interplay of conceptual and material tools was fundamental in dealing with the contradictions. The principal’s clear conceptual vision on the role of education for individuals and society supported by the ideology of the national curriculum facilitated the process. Digital applications and the Internet served as material tools for implementing and coordinating the new school. Networking across traditional boundaries widened the object of school learning and made school practice responsive to societal changes. To conclude: Transcending traditional boundaries through school-community collaboration have promoted a qualitative transformation in school learning. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Opin vísindi (Iceland) Journal of Curriculum Studies 50 3 297 314 |
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This study of the creation of a new upper secondary school in Iceland focuses on the way in which networking and collaboration across school boundaries contributed to a new form for school practice. The aim is to understand the value of school–community interaction and how the collaboration has expanded both the activities of the school and the local community. A cultural-historical approach is used to analyse how contradictions in practice act as catalysts for development. Data were generated over a three-year period mainly through ethnographic methods. The expansive learning theory provided methods for identifying contradictions and the way in which they were being addressed in developing the school. The interplay of conceptual and material tools was fundamental in dealing with the contradictions. The principal’s clear conceptual vision on the role of education for individuals and society supported by the ideology of the national curriculum facilitated the process. Digital applications and the Internet served as material tools for implementing and coordinating the new school. Networking across traditional boundaries widened the object of school learning and made school practice responsive to societal changes. To conclude: Transcending traditional boundaries through school-community collaboration have promoted a qualitative transformation in school learning. Peer reviewed |
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Kennaradeild (HÍ) Faculty of Teacher Education (UI) Menntavísindasvið (HÍ) School of Education (UI) Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland |
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Creating a school that matters: networking for school-community development |
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Journal of Curriculum Studies; Jóhannsdóttir, T. (2017). Creating a school that matters: networking for school-community development. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1–18. doi:10.1080/00220272.2017.1337812 0022-0272 1366-5839 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/346 Journal of Curriculum Studies doi:10.1080/00220272.2017.1337812 |
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