ERIC Number: EJ1334106
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Apr
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
EISSN: EISSN-1935-102X
Learning at the Boundaries of Research and Practice: A Framework for Understanding Research-Practice Partnerships
Caitlin C. Farrell; William R. Penuel; Annie Allen; Eleanor R. Anderson; Angel X. Bohannon; Cynthia E. Coburn; Stephanie L. Brown
Educational Researcher, v51 n3 p197-208 Apr 2022
Given the rapid growth of research-practice partnerships (RPPs), we need a framework that helps the field understand how RPPs can facilitate organizational learning in service of local educational improvement and transformation. Drawing on sociocultural and organizational learning theories, we argue that learning can happen for the organizations engaged in RPPs at the boundaries of research and practice. Such learning is evident when there are changes in collective knowledge, policies, and routines of participating organizations, with implications for longer-term outcomes of educational improvement and transformation locally and more broadly. The degree to which organizations can make use of the ideas from the RPP is dependent, in part, on the presence and design of boundary infrastructure and the preexisting organizational capacities and conditions. We conclude with implications for those engaging in RPPs and future research.
Descriptors: Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Middle School Mathematics
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Related Records: ED618689
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305C140008