Insights From a Sequence of Educational Partnerships That Spanned a Quarter Century, 3(10)

Authors

  • Carolynn Bennett
  • Wayne Croxall

Abstract

An unprecedented set of circumstances in Northeastern Ontario encouraged individuals from five different types of educational agencies to try to work together over a long period of time toward the improvement of educational practice. The prerequisite for involvement in any newly-initiated project was the willingness to use the conceptual products developed in previously completed projects as a starting point for current project thinking. The result was a long sequence of "conceptually cumulative partnerships" that generated a comprehensive set of schemes for the analysis and development of curriculum and instruction. Although several of the products of these partnerships have shown remarkable durability and interpretive power, to date they have had limited impact on educational practice on a broad scale. Implications are drawn for the recently-initiated round of attempted partnerships among social "helping" agencies who hope to integrate the impacts of their individual programs on human development and empowerment.

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Published

1999-01-01

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Partnership Articles