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CO-CONSTRUCTING COMMUNITY, SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS
FOR URBAN SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION
by
Michelle Avila
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
August 2009
Copyright 2009 Michelle Avila
Object Description
| Title | Co-constructing community, school, university partnerships for urban school transformation |
| Author | Avila, Michelle |
| Author email | tonylulu02@hotmail.com; avilam@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-05-01 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-07-29 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Rousseau, Sylvia |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Marsh, David Maddox, Anthony |
| Abstract | Low student achievement has been a concern statewide, especially in urban, high minority areas. Many schools have formed partnerships attempting to increase student achievement. Though forming partnerships has many benefits, they are often difficult to sustain. The purpose of this study was to examine a model for effective, sustainable partnerships that include communities, schools, and universities. The study sought to uncover barriers to co-constructing partnerships and strategies that stakeholders employed to overcome these barriers.; The partnership that was selected for this study comprised two community-based organizations dedicated to civil rights and social activism, an urban high school facing low student achievement and decreasing student enrollment, and a tier-one research university.; The study was a qualitative research design using interviews, observations, and artifacts in order to triangulate the data. After careful analysis of the data, the processes of dialogue and mutual learning were identified as critical to co-constructing community, school, and university partnerships. In addition, various conceptual, attitudinal, pragmatic, and professional barriers were identified that were also common barriers outlined in the research. These barriers stemmed from the absence of systems and structures of communication, history with failed partnerships, perceived hierarchies within the partnership, or having the logic of deficit.; Strategies of creating systems of representation for stakeholders, establishing systems that promote dialogue, and create bridge between stakeholders were employed to overcome the barriers, which helped to establish trust, recognize funds of knowledge, redistribute power, and create praxis. The attributes of the partnership were trust, collaborative relationships, distributive leadership, and the development of a new cultural model. All of these attributes were in formative stages, holding significant potential for the future of the partnership. |
| Keyword | partnerships; co-construction |
| 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-m2421 |
| Rights | Avila, Michelle |
| 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-Avila-2988 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume56/etd-Avila-2988.pdf |
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| Full text | CO-CONSTRUCTING COMMUNITY, SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR URBAN SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION by Michelle Avila 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 August 2009 Copyright 2009 Michelle Avila |
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