Partnerships in Action
University-School-Community
Published on 30. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-7969-2469-8 (ISBN)
Description
Partnerships in Action explores, at multiple levels, a university-school-community partnership in action. The chapters provide rich and dynamic accounts of the activities that make up this partnership, within a context of extreme social inequality. The contributors share an enduring commitment to whole-school improvement. They describe how, through interdisciplinary collaboration, they negotiate the multiple political, social and structural complexities which arise in the coming together of the partners.
The book's uniqueness lies in its combination of practical implementation and sound theoretical scholarship from a range of disciplines. Not only does the partnership strengthen the university's commitment to community-engagement, but it offers new insights to all students, stakeholders, academic staff, and social researchers - in universities, education departments and NGOs - with an interest in improving schooling, and building social justice.
The book's uniqueness lies in its combination of practical implementation and sound theoretical scholarship from a range of disciplines. Not only does the partnership strengthen the university's commitment to community-engagement, but it offers new insights to all students, stakeholders, academic staff, and social researchers - in universities, education departments and NGOs - with an interest in improving schooling, and building social justice.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cape Town
South Africa
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 168 mm
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7969-2469-8 (9780796924698)
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Persons
Patti Silbert is project manager of the Schools Improvement Initiative (SII) at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
Roshan Galvaan is a professor in occupational therapy at the University Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.
Jonathan Clark is director of the Schools Development Unit (SDU) and Schools Improvement Initiative (SII) in the School of Education at the University of Cape Town.
Roshan Galvaan is a professor in occupational therapy at the University Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.
Jonathan Clark is director of the Schools Development Unit (SDU) and Schools Improvement Initiative (SII) in the School of Education at the University of Cape Town.
Content
- Chapter 1. Activating partnerships: The schools improvement initiative at the University of Cape Town
- Chapter 2. Setting the scene: Schooling in Khayelitsha
- Chapter 3. A snapshot of a partner primary school: Intshayelelo Primary
- Chapter 4. A snapshot of a partner secondary school: Usasazo High
- Chapter 5. Reimagining interdisciplinary collaboration through a university-school partnership
- Chapter 6. Policy ideas distilled through a university-district partnership: Lessons from the Ikwezi lead teacher project
- Chapter 7. Building organisational capacity through a principals' community of practice
- Chapter 8. Critical occupational therapy in the margins: Parent participation in under-resourced schools
- Chapter 9. Introducing microteaching as a developmental tool for library assistants in under-resourced school libraries
- Chapter 10. New possibilities for supporting homework practices through university-school partnership
- Chapter 11. Facilitating social inclusion through communication: How do speech-language therapy students negotiate their transition into community practice?
- Chapter 12. Rethinking approaches to occupational therapy intervention: Learning in and from an under-resourced school
- Chapter 13. Partnerships in action: Establishing a model of collaborative support to student and mentor teachers through a university-school partnership
- Chapter 14. Reflections on community engagement through interdisciplinary collaboration for the purpose of whole-school improvement
- Chapter 15. Enlarged thinking and asymmetrical reciprocity in an ethics of engagement: A reflection on university-school partnerships
- Chapter 2. Setting the scene: Schooling in Khayelitsha
- Chapter 3. A snapshot of a partner primary school: Intshayelelo Primary
- Chapter 4. A snapshot of a partner secondary school: Usasazo High
- Chapter 5. Reimagining interdisciplinary collaboration through a university-school partnership
- Chapter 6. Policy ideas distilled through a university-district partnership: Lessons from the Ikwezi lead teacher project
- Chapter 7. Building organisational capacity through a principals' community of practice
- Chapter 8. Critical occupational therapy in the margins: Parent participation in under-resourced schools
- Chapter 9. Introducing microteaching as a developmental tool for library assistants in under-resourced school libraries
- Chapter 10. New possibilities for supporting homework practices through university-school partnership
- Chapter 11. Facilitating social inclusion through communication: How do speech-language therapy students negotiate their transition into community practice?
- Chapter 12. Rethinking approaches to occupational therapy intervention: Learning in and from an under-resourced school
- Chapter 13. Partnerships in action: Establishing a model of collaborative support to student and mentor teachers through a university-school partnership
- Chapter 14. Reflections on community engagement through interdisciplinary collaboration for the purpose of whole-school improvement
- Chapter 15. Enlarged thinking and asymmetrical reciprocity in an ethics of engagement: A reflection on university-school partnerships