Representation, Access, and Engagement: Exploring Problems of Knowledge/Use in Practice and Research

Session Type: Working Group Roundtable

Abstract

This session brings together three groups of researchers and educators addressing
critical “problems of practice” for those engaged in developing and sharing the resources and expertise needed to improve schools on a large-scale:
• Problems of representation – identifying and representing educational improvements and innovations and in ways that enable others to build on/adapt them in other contexts
• Problems of engagement– finding, reaching, and engaging others who can learn from and build on these improvements and innovations
The session will critically examine the work of each group, identify connections and common challenges, and explore avenues for these and other groups to collaborate in developing new and more impactful ways of sharing educator’s expertise in the future.

Sub Unit

• Division A - Administration / Division A - Section 3: School and District Improvement

Chair

• Thomas C. Hatch, Teachers College, Columbia University

Papers

• Beyond Brokering: Resource Architects in Knowledge Mobilization - Marie Lockton, University of California - San Diego; Anita Caduff, University of California - San Diego; Alan J. Daly, University of California - San Diego; Martin Rehm, University of Regensburg; Divya Mani, Transcend Inc.; Jeeyoon Kim, Transcend

• Connecting Supply-Side and Demand-Side Users to Accelerated Education Innovation and Improvement - Cynthia Louise Leck, Transcend Education

• Micro-Innovations as "Boundary Objects" for Sharing Educators' Expertise - Thomas C. Hatch, Teachers College, Columbia University; Jefferson Pestronk, New Visions for Public Schools; Bianca Licata, Teachers College, Columbia University; Angel Zheng, New Visions for Public Schools