The Challenges of Creating Regional Education Networks: Findings From Nine Regions in Switzerland

• In Event: 35.054 - Commmunity–School Partnerships in the Era of Educational Reform: Current Practices and Future Directions

Abstract

The aim of the five-year study (2013-2018) presented in this proposal is to ascertain how regional education networks function and evolve as well as to assess their possible impact on the educational contexts they are located in. The theoretical framework is based on Helmut Fend’s and Andreas Helmke's opportunity-use model which characterizes aspects between teaching and learning in a classroom. This model was expanded to account for learning and teaching beyond the classroom and to allow for a more detailed analysis of the context of formal and non-formal educational settings. This proposal is based on the findings from the first year of research.

Authors

• Stephan Gerhard Huber, University of Teacher Education Zug

• Pierre Tulowitzki, Ludwigsburg University of Education

• Vera Bender, Institute for the Management & Economics of Education

• Marius Schwander, University of Teacher Education Zug

• Selin Kilic, Institute for the Management & Economics of Education