Using Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory to Understand Community Partnerships: A Historical Case Study of One Urban High School

Autor/in	Leonard, Jack
Titel	Using Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory to Understand Community Partnerships: A Historical Case Study of One Urban High School
Quelle	In: Urban Education, 46 (2011) 5, S.987-1010 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0859
DOI	10.1177/0042085911400337
Schlagwörter	School Community Relationship; Partnerships in Education; Educational Research; Time Perspective; Urban Schools; High Schools; Case Studies; High School Students; Organizational Theories; Ecology; Student Development; Individual Development; Social Networks; Systems Approach; Educational Change; Graduation Rate; Attendance; Dropout Rate + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulpartnerschaft; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Zeitbezug; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; High school; Oberschule; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Organisationstheorie; Ökologie; Individuelle Entwicklung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Systemischer Ansatz; Bildungsreform; Anwesenheit
Abstract	Although the value of school-community partnerships is unquestioned, the reasons for success and failure are not sufficiently understood. This mixed-methods case study examines 60 years of partnering at one urban high school, using Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory to better understand the effect on student development as measured by variables such as graduation, attendance, and drop-out rates. Successful partners achieve "cultural cohesion" by building collaborative relationships that encircled students, whereas failed partnerships ignore ecological theory. In contrast to conventional reform strategies that focus on curriculum and/or school structure, the author offers a cultural reform strategy that emphasizes relationships. (Contains 2 figures and 9 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10