Partnerships in Education: Risks in Transdisciplinary Educational Research [Hardcover]

This book contains a series of unique international contributions that explore risk in partnerships involving education. Presenting a range of theoretical, methodological and practical perspectives, the book discusses aspects such as the role of motivation, leadership, process and context in such partnerships and provides examples of research methods for examining them. It illuminates the different histories and disciplinary backgrounds of partners, showing that risk can reside in the different expectations, understandings and interpretations that each partner brings to educational partnerships. The eighteen chapters discuss critical examinations of educational partnerships from very different perspectives, including formal learning institutions and community partners, and include the voices from children, students, teachers and policy makers. The book provides insights for everyone who is considering the challenges that can arise in partnerships and will be useful for researchers at different levels and those who are planning to forge new partnerships or think about what may present itself to be a challenge, and how to address and overcome such challenges.

Part I. Partnerships between groups who belong to formal educational institutions.- 1. On promises and perils: thinking about the risks and rewards of partnerships in education.- 2. School Development within Networks in a Digital World: Risky Ride or Beneficial Blessing?.- 3. Bhutanese partnerships between initial Teacher Training Colleges and Educational Stakeholders.- 4. Risks and Drivers of Success in Higher Education Partnerships in Conflict Contexts: A German-Iraqi Partnership in Times of Isolation and Displacement and First Steps Towards Recovery.- 5. Cosmopolitan or locals: deconstructing the patterns of coauthorship of papers in higher education studies in Latin America.- 6. Risks in partnerships. Navigating through three unsuspected problems.- Partlß