Examining Equity in Partnership Work: A Typology of Equity in Mission and Process Within Research-Practice Partnerships (Poster 20)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Fifteen
  In Poster Session: Novel Evidence on School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Abstract

Scholars argue research-practice partnerships can democratize research by disrupting one-way paths from research to practice (Tseng et al., 2017). However, questions remain whether RPPs actually promote equitable practices for all (e.g., Diamond, 2021). In this study, we examined how members of RPPs conceptualize equity. Examining interviews from research- and practice-side partners from 24 RPPs, we drew on institutional theory to create a typology of how RPP members understand and enact equity in their work. We identified three different conceptualizations of equity-in-process, as well as three ways RPPs conceptualized equity in outcomes. This typology can help RPPs investigate tensions in the pursuit of equity and be used to advance research on how conceptions of equity are consequential for RPPs.

Authors

• Caitlin Farrell, University of Colorado - Boulder
  Presenting Author

• Corinne Singleton
  Presenting Author

• Kristina M. Stamatis, University of Nebraska - Omaha
  Presenting Author

• Robbin Riedy, University of Colorado - Boulder
  Presenting Author

• William R. Penuel, University of Colorado - Boulder
  Non-Presenting Author

• Paula Arce-Trigatti, National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships
  Non-Presenting Author

• Alison Fox Resnick, University of Colorado - Boulder
  Presenting Author