Deriving Theories of Change from Successful Community Development Partnerships for Youths: Implications for School Improvement

Autor/inn/en	Lawson, Hal A.; Claiborne, Nancy; Hardiman, Eric; Austin, Sandra; Surko, Michael
Titel	Deriving Theories of Change from Successful Community Development Partnerships for Youths: Implications for School Improvement
Quelle	In: American Journal of Education, 114 (2007) 1, S.1-40 (40 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0195-6744
DOI	10.1086/520690
Schlagwörter	Youth Leaders; Community Development; Educational Improvement; Youth Programs; Youth Opportunities; School Community Programs; Case Studies; Evaluation Research; Organizational Theories; Social Theories; Correlation; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Formative Evaluation; Partnerships in Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendführer; Jugendleiter; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Jugendsofortprogramm; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Evaluationsforschung; Organisationstheorie; Gesellschaftstheorie; Korrelation; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Hochschulpartnerschaft
Abstract	Community development partnerships for youths offer valuable resources for school improvement. Unfortunately, these resources may not be tapped because school leaders have not been prepared to understand these partnerships. The evaluative research reported partnership-related understanding, aiming to prepare leaders to contribute to, and benefit from, partnerships. This research employed case study methodology to derive theories of change from five successful youth development partnerships. These partnerships' theories of change provide action-oriented knowledge for scale-up in other school communities. Among this research's other contributions are partnership commonalities, indicators of uniqueness, and partnership classifications. Differences between adult-led and youth-led partnerships are especially salient. Expanded improvement planning may incorporate youth leadership and capitalize on resources provided by partnerships. (Contains 9 figures and 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10