Afterschool Time: Toward a Theory of Collaborations.

Autor/in	Noam, Gil G.
Titel	Afterschool Time: Toward a Theory of Collaborations.
Quelle	(2001), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; After School Education; Cooperative Planning; Elementary Secondary Education; Partnerships in Education; School Community Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? After-school programs; After school programs; Out of school education; Out-of-school education; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Hochschulpartnerschaft
Abstract	This paper discusses community collaboration, explaining that the essence of after school care and education is partnering among institutions and individuals, with a new ethos built around program, family, and child needs. It suggests that most partnerships in after school programs create "intermediary environments," which are typically participatory and foster democratic ideals, are usually creative and innovative, are models of leadership and effective time use, and are vulnerable to power struggles as one collaborating group or another may vie for control. The paper describes some of the special features of after school programs that arise from and are governed by collaborations. It expands the theoretical frame and introduces a typology of partnerships and their implications for developing intermediary after school spaces. The paper introduces four types of intersection that apply to many types of collaboration: discovering overlapping interests (functional), joining forces (collaborative), developing an inclusive system (interconnected), and changing all partners (transformational). (Contains 12 references.) (SM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01