A Multiple Case Study of an Interorganizational Collaboration: Exploring the First Year of an Industry Partnership Focused on Middle School Engineering Education

Autor/inn/en	Gillen, Andrew L.; Grohs, Jacob R.; Matusovich, Holly M.; Kirk, Gary R.
Titel	A Multiple Case Study of an Interorganizational Collaboration: Exploring the First Year of an Industry Partnership Focused on Middle School Engineering Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Engineering Education, 110 (2021) 3, S.545-571 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gillen, Andrew L.) ORCID (Grohs, Jacob R.) ORCID (Matusovich, Holly M.) ORCID (Kirk, Gary R.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1069-4730
DOI	10.1002/jee.20403
Schlagwörter	Middle Schools; Engineering; Partnerships in Education; School Business Relationship; Institutional Cooperation; Science Curriculum; Stakeholders; Rural Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Maschinenbau; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen
Abstract	Background: Calls to improve learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and particularly engineering, present significant challenges for school systems. Partnerships among engineering industry, universities, and school systems to support learning appear promising, but current work is limited in its conclusions because it lacks a strong connection to theoretical work in interorganizational collaboration. Purpose/Hypothesis: This study aims to reflect more critically on the process of how organizations build relationships to address the following research question: In a public-private partnership to integrate engineering into middle school science curriculum, how do stakeholder characterizations of the collaborative process align with existing frameworks of interorganizational collaboration? Design/Method: This qualitative, embedded multiple case study considered in-depth pre- and post-year interviews with teachers, administrators, industry, and university personnel during the first year of the Partnering with Educators and Engineers in Rural Schools (PEERS) program. Transcripts were analyzed using a framework of interorganizational collaboration operationalized for our context. Results: Results provide insights into stakeholder perceptions of collaborative processes in the first year of the PEERS program across dimensions of collaboration. These dimensions mapped to three central discussion points with relevance for school-university-industry partnerships: school collaboration as an emergent and negotiated process, tension in collaborating across organizations, and fair share in collaborating toward a social goal. Conclusions: Taking a macro-level look at the collaborative processes involved enabled us to develop implications for collaborative stakeholders to be intentional about designing for future success. By systematically applying a framework of collaboration and capitalizing on the rich situational findings possible through a qualitative approach, we shift our understanding of collaborative processes in school-university-industry partnerships for engineering education and contribute to the development of collaboration theory. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01