| Title: |
Enacting an Emergent Strategy: Building Resilient Community Partnerships through Symbiotic Adaptation |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Maria Wallace; Abigail Launius; Jeremy Cumpton; Gabrielle K. Howe; Caroline Sorey |
| Source: |
Connected Science Learning. 2024 6(5):210-223. |
| Availability: |
Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
14 |
| Publication Date: |
2024 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: |
Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Partnerships in Education; Informal Education; Science Education; Universities; School Community Relationship; Equal Education; Outcomes of Education; Capacity Building; Undergraduate Students; Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education; Teacher Education Programs; College Faculty; Trust (Psychology); Research Training; Graduate Students; Career Exploration |
| DOI: |
10.1080/24758779.2024.2422625 |
| ISSN: |
2475-8779 |
| Abstract: |
The partnership explored in this article offers a high-level view of one university-based research + practice partnership (RPP) with a local informal science institution (ISI) that suggests implications for advancing science education in various contexts. Touching K12 schools, undergraduate coursework, K12 teacher preparation, undergraduate career exploration opportunities, graduate-level research opportunities, public, and collaboration with content-area faculty members, the NExUS-Mississippi RPP offers an example of institutional agility necessary to advance equitable outcomes in science education across a variety of contexts. By honoring the inherent entanglement of communities and educational institutions, enacting an emergent strategy offers new avenues for characterizing partnership capacity-building efforts, organizational resilience, and sustainable design. Specifically, three thematic values consistently surface in the daily work of creating the conditions necessary for partnership persistence: (a) formalizing systems for stability, (b) building trust through transparent and frequent communication, and (c) creating mechanisms of implementation that can be replicated at other universities regardless of financial support. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2025 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1455021 |
| Database: |
ERIC |