NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
ERIC Number: EJ1432078
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jul
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: EISSN-2562-783X
Developing Social Capital through School-Based Collaborations: A Mixed Methods Social Network Analysis
Duhita Mahatmya; Elizabeth L. Brown; Michael Valenti; Karen L. Celedonia; Tracy Sweet; Canaan Bethea
Journal of Education Human Resources, v42 n3 p354-381 2024
Collaboration has become an important way for organizations to leverage human resources to create shared organizational goals. Schools, as organizations, thrive on positive collegial partnerships among educators, with effective educator collaborations linked to improved school effectiveness and student outcomes. However, not all collaborations are successful. The current study draws heavily from Coleman's (1988) social capital framework to understand with whom educators choose to interact and how patterns of interaction facilitate educators' social capital development. Using an equal status, sequential mixed methods design, K-12 educators' interview and survey data were iteratively analyzed to explore how educators describe their school-based collaborations, how collaborations reveal distinct social network structures, and how school-based collaborations and network structures lead to educators' social capital. Findings illuminated four distinct profiles of collaboration that emerged as educators described their school-based collaboration, which were linked to different social network structures and qualities of social capital. These results can be used to inform professional development practices for school administrators and human resources teams through consideration of profiles that may inform responsive school-based collaborations. We discuss additional implications for educator hiring and retention as well as policy around PK-12 teacher standards.
University of Toronto Press. 5201 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON M3H 5T8, Canada. Tel: 416-667-7810; Fax: 800-221-9985; Fax: 416-667-7881; e-mail: journals@utpress.utoronco.ca; Web site: https://www.utpjournals.press/loi/jehr
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A