Collaboration and Networking in Education

• Main Authors: Muijs, Daniel (Author), Ainscow, Mel (Author), Chapman, Chris (Author), West, Mel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Subjects: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Educational Policy and Politics.

Collaboration and networking have recently come to the fore as major school improvement strategies in a number of countries. A variety of initiatives, from government and other agencies, have encouraged collaboration and led to a lot of practical activity in this area. However, at present there are...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Networking in schools
• PART 1: THEORIES AND BACKGROUNDS: 2. Networking and collaboration as a public policy framework
• 3. Localised theories of networking and collaboration
• 4. Societal theories of networking and collaboration
• 5. Towards a typology of educational networks
• PART 2: NETWORKING IN PRACTISE: 6. Federations of schools: Case studies of practise
• 7. The impact of federations on student achievement
• 8. Achieving excellence and equity: reflections on the development of practices in one local district over ten years
• 9. Widening opportunities? A case study of school-to-school collaboration in a rural district
• 10. Leadership in full-service extended schools: Communicating across cultures
• PART 3: SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION: 11. Reflections on networking and collaboration
• 12. Successful networking: in-school conditions
• 12. Successful networking: external conditions
• 14. Leading networks
• 15. Some final thoughts
• References
• Index.