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BUSINESSES ASSISTING K-12 SCIENCE INSTRUCTION:
FOUR CASE STUDIES OF LONG-TERM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
by
Lynne M. Van Trieste
____________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2006
Copyright 2006 Lynne M. Van Trieste
Object Description
| Title | Businesses assisting K-12 science instruction: four case studies of long-term school partnerships |
| Author | Van Trieste, Lynne M. |
| Author email | lynnevantrieste@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2006-07-05 |
| Date submitted | 2006 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2006-10-12 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | McComas, William F. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Kaplan, Sandra N. Colbert, Joel A. |
| Abstract | Businesses lack enough qualified applicants to fill the increasing need for scientists and engineers while educators lack many resources for science programs in K-12 schools. This series of case studies searched for successful collaborations between the two in four geographic locations: Boise, Idaho; Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles County, California, and Orange County, California. These science education partnerships were investigated to gain an understanding of long-term partnership structure, functioning and evaluation methods. Forty-nine individual interviews with representatives from the groups of stakeholders these programs impact were also conducted. Stakeholder groups included students, teachers, parents, school administrators, business liaisons, and non-profit representatives.; Several recurring themes in these partnerships reinforced the existing literature research findings. Collaboration and communication between partners, teacher professional development, the need for more minority and female representation in physical science careers, and self-efficacy in relation to how people come to view their scientific abilities, are among these themes. Topics such as program replication, the importance of role models, programs using "hands-on" activities, reward systems for program participants, and program outcome measurement also emerged from the cases investigated.; Third-party assistance by a non-profit entity is occurring within all of these partnerships. This assistance ranges from a service providing material resources such as equipment, lesson plans and meeting space, to managing the partnership fundraising, program development and evaluations.; Discussions based upon the findings that support or threaten sustainment of these four partnerships, what a "perfect" partnership might look like, and areas in need of further investigation conclude this study. |
| Keyword | partnership; collaboration; workforce development |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m94 |
| Rights | Van Trieste, Lynne M. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Trieste-20061012 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Trieste-20061012.pdf |
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| Full text | BUSINESSES ASSISTING K-12 SCIENCE INSTRUCTION: FOUR CASE STUDIES OF LONG-TERM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS by Lynne M. Van Trieste ____________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2006 Copyright 2006 Lynne M. Van Trieste |
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