Consorting And Collaborating In The Education Market Place

by Chris Husbands, David Bridges

Overview

This text offers descriptions and analyses of some of the different ways in which schools and other educational institutions have started to establish new collaborative relationships in today's competitive educational marketplace. Using case studies, the book describes examples of such collaborative structures.; Educational consortia have been established as a vehicle for professional and curriculum development, as a source of mutual support and as a condition of mutual survival. As the "LEA monopolies" have been forced to shed many of their traditional functions or schools have opted out, schools have found it necessary to re-create parts of their collaborative structures out of sheer self- Interest.; For Some Educators Who Continue To Be Attached To Notions Of "an educational service" and professional collegiality in the provision of such a service, inter-institutional collaboration becomes seen as something to be valued independently of the instrumental benefits which it provides. For this variety of reasons, consortium working and collaborative structures seem set to develop in spite of, or as a necessary antodote to, educational markets. Understanding the role and operation of such structures is a necessity for educational managers in all parts of the educational service.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135792343
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/31/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	196
File size:	853 KB

About the Author

Husbands, Chris; Bridges, David

Table of Contents

The Education Market-place and the Collaborative Response: An Introduction David Bridges and Chris Husbands. Part 1 Mapping the Development of Collaborative Networks: School, Markets and Collaboration: New Models for Educational Policy? Chris Husbands; Collaboration, Competition and Cross-phase Liaison: the North Lowestoft Schools Network Mike Harbour; The Rationale and Experience of a Schools Association: The St Ives Schools' Association Ron Wallace; Education 2000: Collaboration and Co- operation as a Model of Change Management John Abbott, Nigel Coulthard and Lynne Monck; A Consortium Approach to Staff Development Peter Upton and Phil Cozens; Collaboration and Competition in Education: Marriage not Divorce Sylvia West; Collaboration for School Improvement: The Power of Partnership Michael Johnson and Michael Barber. Part 2 Issues in the Development of Collaborative Networks: Consortium Collaboration: The Experience of TVEI Ann Bridgwood; Consortium Collaboration in Teacher Education: The ERTEC Experience David Bridges; Collaboration Through Networking: The Collaborative Action Research Network Bridget Somekh; Beyond Collaboration: On the Importance of Community Mike Fielding; Theories of Association: The Social Psychology of Working Together in Educational Consortia Harry Gray.

Editorial Reviews

Demonstrates how British educational institutions have taken measures to sidestep the government's attempt to pit them against each other for scarce resources. Contributors who have played major roles in cooperative and collaborative projects describe the strategies adopted, the patterns of collaboration, and what constitutes rational behavior in an educational market place. They also analyze several examples, to elucidate not only why some have worked and others have not, but also the criteria by which they are, or can be, evaluated. Overall the 14 studies challenge the hegemony of market ideology in contemporary education. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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