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Getting Started: Issues in Initiating New Models for School and University Collaborations.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Teitel, Lee |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Abstract | This paper examines the issues that emerged in the first six months of a collaborative program initiated by the Massachusetts State Department of Education for simultaneously developing or improving middle school teacher preparation programs and restructuring middle schools. The literature on interorganizational collaboration provides a framework for exploring the processes that educators in the middle schools and the higher education institutions went through as they tried to establish relationships, define and accept common goals, and plan joint activities. The program started in 1990 and involved four teacher preparation institutions and six middle schools. Data for this report were collected through observation of participants at all-day institutes and through semi-structured interviews. This paper focuses on three sets of issues that emerged across all the sites: (1) partnership issues, including the tensions that arise when organizations try to work collaboratively with one another; (2) internal issues, including tensions that arise over priorities and other organizational dynamics; and (3) issues related to the Massachusetts State Department of Education, including tensions associated with the State's role in facilitating and organizing the project. (IAH) ********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED356219.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
