Capacity building for school improvement: knowledge production and utilization

Simple item page
aut.conference.typePublished Abstract
aut.publication.placeAthens, Greece
aut.relation.endpage182
aut.relation.pages182
aut.relation.startpage1
aut.researcherStringer, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorStringer, P
dc.contributor.editorPapanikos, GT
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-29T23:55:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-29T23:55:58Z
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-29T23:56:24Z
dc.date.available2014-05-29T23:55:36Z
dc.date.available2014-05-29T23:55:58Z
dc.date.available2014-05-29T23:56:24Z
dc.date.copyright2010-05-27
dc.date.issued2010-05-27
dc.description.abstractEducational reform, focused on promoting student learning, depends on schools’ capacity to improve. Building capacity for school improvement is critical. This paper explores capacity building in one low decile, multicultural New Zealand primary school from the perspective of teacher (individual and collective) and systemic knowledge production and utilization. The research, positioned within an interpretivist paradigm, utilizes a case study and grounded theory approach to explore knowledge production and utilization that is situated, connected, involves leadership and management and is outcomes based. Knowledge production and utilization is time and context dependent and is unique to setting. It occurs in response to individual and systemic need. It is a critical factor in sustaining school capacity building. Capacity building for school improvement is defined as maintaining equilibrium while generating movement in the direction of improvement. The paper explores key attributes of knowledge production and utilization within a framework of: school vision that secures a sense of direction and purpose; school culture which provides a suitable platform for enacting performance; professional development that facilitates individual, collective and systemic learning; and school stakeholder activity that promotes knowledge acquisition, distribution, adaption and usage systems and processes. The individual, collective and systemic dimensions of knowledge production and utilization serve a predictive purpose. Predictive purpose is defined as the ability to determine future pathways for improvement based on evidential data processed, analyzed and modified to site specification. Knowledge production and utilization holds considerable promise for school improvement and, as such, requires deeper investigation.
dc.identifier.citationTwelfth Annual International Conference on Education held at Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, 2010-05-24 to 2010-05-27, published in: ABSTRACT BOOK 12th Annual International Conference on Education, pp.1 - 182 (182)
dc.identifier.isbn978-960-6672-72-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/7280
dc.publisherAthens Institute for Education and Research
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/7278
dc.relation.replaces10292/7278
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/7279
dc.relation.replaces10292/7279
dc.relation.urihttp://www.atiner.gr/docs/ABSTRACT-PUBLICATIONS.htm
dc.rightsNOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in (see Citation). The original publication is available at (see Publisher's Version).
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectCapacity building
dc.subjectSchool improvement
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectKnowledge production and utilization
dc.titleCapacity building for school improvement: knowledge production and utilization
dc.typeConference Contribution
pubs.elements-id167097
pubs.organisational-data/AUT
pubs.organisational-data/AUT/Culture and Society
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Knowledge Production and Utilization.ppt
Size:
2.14 MB
Format:
Microsoft Powerpoint
Description:
Download
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Book Chapter in Issues on Education and Research Volume 3.pdf
Size:
166.71 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
licence.htm
Size:
30.34 KB
Format:
Unknown data format
Description:
Download
Collections
School of Education