Fostering Research Engagement in School: Becoming Intentional With Networking

• In Event: 52.083 - Roundtable Session 19
  In Roundtable Session: 52.083-2 - Leadership for Educational Change

Abstract

This longitudinal case study examined in what way and to what extent research-engaged relationships are developed and value for practice is created among school colleagues. The context was a secondary school that is part of a longstanding school-university research partnership in the U.K. Social network and survey data, school documents, individual narratives and interview data were collected and analyzed during one academic year. Results reveal that school leadership adopted an approach in which they combined the development of formal structures (e.g.research informed Professional Learning approach) and informal networking to foster a significant increase in research-engaged interactions among school staff. This approach led to diverse types of value creation in both the core and periphery of the school’s research network.

Authors

• Frank Cornelissen, University of Amsterdam

• Ros McLellan, University of Cambridge

• Jan Schofield, University of Cambridge