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which outlines the contributions made by each network partner towards the
partnership. The research team also sought permission and access to key documents
from the administrative leads or designees of the partnering institutions. Similarly,
the research team used the findings from the first year of research as an artifact.
Prior research as well as records from all stakeholders allowed the current research
team to evaluate processes and how they developed prior to conducting new
research. While analyzing documents and artifacts, the research team was also
cognizant of the following challenges: gaining access to documents, understanding
how and why the documents were produced, determining the accuracy of the
documents, and linking documents with other sources, including interviews and
observations (Miller, 1997).
Observations
Observations, according to Merriam (1998), take place in a “natural” setting
and present an in-person encounter with the “phenomenon of interest” as opposed to
the second-hand content of an interview. The research team conducted observations
in a variety of settings to gain insight into the cultures of the specific partners and
any evidence of the emerging joint culture as the stakeholders continue their
interactions with one another in the partnership. Cumulatively, the research group
conducted a total of ten observations, however only used five of those observations
for data analysis purposes. These observations included staff development meetings,
School Site Council meetings, partnership board meetings, community visits and ad
hoc meetings. Selection of the actual events were decided by the research team and
Object Description
| Title | Co-constructing community, school and university partnerships for urban school transformation: Year two |
| Author | Woodyard, Savina M. |
| Author email | SavinaW@aol.com; savinaw@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 | 2011-04-19 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Rousseau, Sylvia G. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Stowe, Kathy Huisong Marsh, David D. |
| Abstract | Community-school-university partnerships represent a new model of urban education reform that incorporates the overlapping spheres of influence in the transformation process. Co-constructed relationships between communities, schools and universities have the potential reshape organizational hierarchy and enable all partners to develop a new cultural model capable of transforming K-12 urban schools. This study the second and third year of one co-constructed community-school-university partnership that attempted to transform the cultural model of one urban high school.; The aim of this study is to identify and analyze the extent to which a community-school-university partnership is able to sustain elements of co-construction and other ongoing processes that are beneficial to the partnership. Also, the study will identify the persistent barriers to co-constructions and effective strategies to overcome those barriers within a community-school-university partnership. This study expands on the research conducted during the first year of the partnership’s operation and will offer insight as to the sustainability of the co-constructed processes between the community-school-university partnership. This study will also identify the methods in which the community-school-university partnership can develop a new cultural model for parental engagement in the interest of school transformation. |
| Keyword | partnership; co-construction; urban school; transformation; parental engagement |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2000/2010 |
| 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-m3759 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Woodyard, Savina M. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Woodyard-4509 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume62/etd-Woodyard-4509.pdf |
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| Title | Page 95 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 86 which outlines the contributions made by each network partner towards the partnership. The research team also sought permission and access to key documents from the administrative leads or designees of the partnering institutions. Similarly, the research team used the findings from the first year of research as an artifact. Prior research as well as records from all stakeholders allowed the current research team to evaluate processes and how they developed prior to conducting new research. While analyzing documents and artifacts, the research team was also cognizant of the following challenges: gaining access to documents, understanding how and why the documents were produced, determining the accuracy of the documents, and linking documents with other sources, including interviews and observations (Miller, 1997). Observations Observations, according to Merriam (1998), take place in a “natural” setting and present an in-person encounter with the “phenomenon of interest” as opposed to the second-hand content of an interview. The research team conducted observations in a variety of settings to gain insight into the cultures of the specific partners and any evidence of the emerging joint culture as the stakeholders continue their interactions with one another in the partnership. Cumulatively, the research group conducted a total of ten observations, however only used five of those observations for data analysis purposes. These observations included staff development meetings, School Site Council meetings, partnership board meetings, community visits and ad hoc meetings. Selection of the actual events were decided by the research team and |
