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CO-CONSTRUCTING COMMUNITY, SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY
PARTNERSHIPS FOR URBAN SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION: YEAR TWO
by
Allison Noel Rief
__________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2011
Copyright 2011 Allison Noel Rief
Object Description
| Title | Co-constructing community, school, university partnerships for urban school transformation: Year two |
| Author | Rief, Allison Noel |
| Author email | riefa@usc.edu; alirief@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-22 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-04-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Rousseau, Sylvia G. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Marsh, David Stowe, Kathy |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the extent to which a community, school, and university partnership is able to sustain elements of co-construction for the purpose of transforming an urban high school. This partnership, which is in its third year of a five-year planned existence, was chosen for its unique ability to bring together two community-based organizations with a history of social justice and advocacy within the local community: a low-performing urban high school and a top-tier research university with a mission for service within the urban community. This qualitative case study sought to identify the processes that enable community, school, and university partnerships to maintain co-construction, the persistent barriers that threaten to derail the partnership, as well as effective strategies to overcome the barriers. This study also sought to determine whether the processes by which a community-school-university partnership in an urban school can facilitate and support a new cultural model for the role of teachers in promoting high academic achievement for African American and Latino students.; The results from this study show that co-construction is being maintained through dialogue and mutual shared learning. Barriers to this partnership included an absence of systems and structures for communication, lack of trust, and hierarchical structures. Some effective strategies for overcoming barriers included systems of representation and the use of a critical bridge person. Although the partnership experienced uneven progress in its first two years with some signs of renewed strength in its third year, the community, school, university partnership was found to have an overall positive impact on the school, particularly on the culture of the teachers within the school. Attributes found among the teachers include a rigorous academic focus, targeted professional development, increased dialogue among themselves, collaboration, and a funds of knowledge approach. These attributes contributed to a school culture with an increased emphasis on academics to promote high academic achievement for African American and Latino students, who are the two prominent ethnic groups in the school. |
| Keyword | co-construction; urban schooling; community-school-university partnerships; urban school partnerships; dialogue; school reform; education; mutual-shared learning; teacher effectiveness |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2005/2009 |
| 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 |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3748 |
| Rights | Rief, Allison Noel |
| 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-Rief-4493 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Rief-4493.pdf |
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| Full text | CO-CONSTRUCTING COMMUNITY, SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR URBAN SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION: YEAR TWO by Allison Noel Rief __________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2011 Copyright 2011 Allison Noel Rief |
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