Obstacles and Opportunities for Networked Practice: A Social Network Analysis of an Inter-Organizational STEM Ecosystem

Autor/inn/en	Liou, Yi-Hwa; Daly, Alan J.
Titel	Obstacles and Opportunities for Networked Practice: A Social Network Analysis of an Inter-Organizational STEM Ecosystem
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Administration, 59 (2021) 1, S.94-115 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Liou, Yi-Hwa) ORCID (Daly, Alan J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-8234
DOI	10.1108/JEA-02-2020-0041
Schlagwörter	Social Networks; Network Analysis; Career Choice; Geographic Regions; School Districts; Access to Information; Strategic Planning; Institutional Cooperation; Higher Education; Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education; Information Sources; Partnerships in Education; Community Organizations; Museums; Corporations; Government (Administrative Body); STEM Education; Social Capital; Access to Education; Correlation; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Netzplantechnik; School district; Schulbezirk; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Information source; Informationsquelle; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Unternehmen; Government; Regierung; STEM; Sozialkapital; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Korrelation; Kalifornien
Abstract	Purpose: This study responds to major administrative and policy priorities to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education by investigating a multi-sector ecosystem of regional organizations that support a STEM pipeline for education and careers. Design/methodology/approach: We use social network analysis to investigate an entire region within a geographic region of California which included 316 organizations that represent different stakeholder groups, including educational institutions (school districts, schools and higher education), government, private companies, museums, libraries and multiple community-based organizations. This STEM ecosystem reflects a systems-level analysis of a region from a unique social network perspective. Findings: Results indicate that organizations have a surface-level access to STEM-related information, but the deeper and more intense relationship which involves strategic collaboration is limited. Further, interactions around information and collaboration between organizations were purportedly in part to be about education, rarely included PK-12 schools and district as central actors in the ecosystem. In addition, while institutions of higher education occupy a central position in connecting and bridging organizations within the ecosystem, higher education's connectivity to the PK-12 education sector is relatively limited in terms of building research and practice partnerships. Originality/value: This research has implications for how regional-level complex systems are analyzed, led and catalyzed and further reflects the need to intentionally attend to the growth of STEM networks. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01