Building a sustainable university-community partnership

Case Study in Science Education

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4097449
AutoresIrit Sasson (0000-0002-1764-6049, Department of Education, Tel-Hai College, Qiryat Shemona, Israel, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen44
Número12
Páginas2318-2332
Fecha de publicación2019-12-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2018.1496410
OpenAlexW2883397248
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas20

Collaboration with the educational systems is needed to leverage the community to address the problem of declining interest in science education among young people, yet building effective university–community partnerships is a highly complex process. This research investigated partnership building in a regional science initiative designed to encourage and develop relationships between academic experts, scientists, engineers, and community. The study goals were to evaluate (1) the organizational structures that enable operation of a multi-organizational regional partnership; (2) the members’ perceptions of the common goals benefits and costs of participation in the partnership. Using the sequential mixed-method approach, 60 interviews conducted in the first phase were used to develop a questionnaire to which 224 partners responded. The research results provided a comprehensive evaluation of the university–community partnership. The results also demonstrated the effectiveness of a scale employed defining four hierarchical levels of partnership for assessing the development of any partnership over time

General partnership · Higher education · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Diverse Educational Innovations Studies · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Service-Learning and Community Engagement