ERIC Number: EJ1236671
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Building a Sustainable University-Community Partnership: Case Study in Science Education
Sasson, Irit
Studies in Higher Education, v44 n12 p2318-2332 2019
Collaboration with the educational systems is needed to leverage the community to address the problem of declining interest in science education among young people, yet building effective university-community partnerships is a highly complex process. This research investigated partnership building in a regional science initiative designed to encourage and develop relationships between academic experts, scientists, engineers, and community. The study goals were to evaluate (1) the organizational structures that enable operation of a multi-organizational regional partnership; (2) the members' perceptions of the common goals benefits and costs of participation in the partnership. Using the sequential mixed-method approach, 60 interviews conducted in the first phase were used to develop a questionnaire to which 224 partners responded. The research results provided a comprehensive evaluation of the university-community partnership. The results also demonstrated the effectiveness of a scale employed defining four hierarchical levels of partnership for assessing the development of any partnership over time.
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Science Education, Sustainability, Universities, Regional Programs, Community Development, Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Institutional Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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