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School-to-School Collaboration: Learning Across International Contexts

ISBN: 978-1-80043-669-5, eISBN: 978-1-80043-668-8

Publication date: 26 September 2022

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(2022), "Index", Armstrong, P.W. and Brown, C. (Ed.) School-to-School Collaboration: Learning Across International Contexts, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 245-251. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-668-820221015

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Copyright © 2022 Paul Wilfred Armstrong and Chris Brown


INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Accelerated Education Programme (see Accelerated learning programme)

Accelerated learning programme
, 126–127

Accountability
, 19–20

Across schoolteachers (ASTs)
, 12, 15–16, 21

Agency
, 151

Assemblage
, 151

Associate principals (APs)
, 21–22

Attainment Advisors, 36n1

Autonomous Community of Catalonia
, 169

Barcelona Education Consortium
, 169, 174

Bottom-up autonomy
, 74

Butler Act (1944)
, 141

Canada
, 44

Catalan Education Law (LEC)
, 169

Catholic Church
, 138–140, 142

Centre for Education Development (CED)
, 112

Chengdu Province, constructing education groups in
, 66–71

Child centre
, 92

Child Centre A
, 96–97

Child Centre B
, 97–98

Child Centre Integration Model (CCIM)
, 92, 98–100

Childcare services
, 92

Chilean education system
, 80

CIN
, 81–82

enhancing trust in school improvement network
, 83–85

Research Teams
, 85–86

Chilean Ministry of Education (MINEDUC)
, 83

China, education groups in
, 62–63

Churches
, 138

City Primary Heads Group (CPHG)
, 217

City TSA
, 214

Clear policy guidelines, lack of
, 130–131

Co-dependent leadership roles and structures
, 20–23

Coherence TSA
, 216–217, 219

Cohesion/regulation matrix
, 2–4, 18

in Kenyan School System
, 124–127

structure and management of German school system
, 191–193

Cohesive leadership system
, 31

Collaboration, 12, 22, 31–32, 80, 99, 150 (see also Interprofessional collaboration (IPC))

enablers and barriers to school-to-school collaboration
, 18–23

experienced way of New Zealand CoLs
, 13

extent of school-to-school collaboration
, 16–18

frameworks for
, 158

key lessons for practice and policy
, 23

in Ontario education system
, 45–48

shifting classifications of school to school collaboration
, 14–16

shifting towards
, 143–146

Collaboration network
, 155

background and characteristics of
, 155–158

Collaborative Action Research (CAR)
, 33

approach
, 34

Collaborative activity
, 1

Collaborative cultures
, 151–152

Collaborative enquiry
, 33

Collaborative inquiry
, 150

Collaborative inquiry networks (CIN)
, 81

path for learning during critical challenges
, 81–82

Collaborative practices
, 12

Collaborative Professionalism
, 46

Collective agency
, 153

Collective efficacy
, 153, 155

Collegiality
, 152

Communities of Learning (CoL)
, 12–13, 18

activity
, 16

coupling
, 14–15

leaders
, 19–20

roles
, 17

Comparative analysis
, 144

Competence-based curriculum
, 125, 127–128

Competition
, 129

Competition
, 80

Competitive activity
, 21

Concordat approach
, 29

Conflict
, 21

Consistency
, 128

Contextualization
, 19

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
, 219

Contrived collegiality
, 151–152

Cooperation
, 152

networks
, 194

Coordination
, 99

Cornering
, 18

Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS)
, 142

Council of Ontario Directors of Education (CODE)
, 46

Creativity
, 128

Cross-group collaboration
, 156

Cultural bias
, 18

Cultural theory framework
, 17

Curriculum for Excellence (CfE)
, 31–32

Decentralization
, 108

Deputy principals (DPs)
, 21–22

Development networks
, 194

Devolved School Management (DSM)
, 30

Diagnosticography
, 84

DigiSchulNet project
, 195–197

Distributed leadership
, 31–32

Divergence
, 18

Divided schools
, 138

Durham Catholic District School Board (DCDSB), 48n2

Dutch Educational and Childcare System
, 92–94

Dutch national level Inspectorate of Education
, 94

Early childhood education (ECE)
, 92

Eastern City, TSAs in
, 214–219

Education (see also Shared education)

markets
, 141–142

in Northern Ireland
, 140

policy
, 111, 124

system
, 139

Education Act (1947)
, 141

Education Act (1989)
, 14

Education Authority
, 145

Education group
, 62

barriers to construction
, 71–72

in China
, 62–63

constructing education groups in Chengdu Province
, 66–71

review of policies on construction
, 63–65

students in school B by household registration
, 69

teaching skills competition
, 68

Education in Motion (EiM)
, 155

Education Quality Accountability Office (EQAO)
, 45

Education Review Office (ERO)
, 15

Educational improvement
, 1

Educational leadership
, 171

Educational policy reforms
, 2

Educational subsidy distributions
, 110

Educational transformation
, 170

Equity and inclusion
, 1

Erasmus+ mobility-based programmes
, 114–115

eTwinning
, 114–115

Evidence
, 80

Evidence-Based Education (EBE)
, 156

Exchange networks
, 194

Exclusive alliances
, 212

Executive Office
, 144

Executive Principals
, 12

‘Fatalist’ approach
, 109–112

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
, 197

General Education Reform Model
, 146

German governance model
, 193

German school system
, 190

structure and management
, 191–193

Germany
, 190

classification of school networks
, 193–194, 201–202

examples
, 197

key lessons for policy
, 202

networks, management and leadership
, 199–201

impact of networks and conditions for success
, 195–197

PeSs
, 197–199

structure and management of German School System
, 191–193

Governance
, 210

Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB), 48n2

Grid group theory
, 35

Hierarchical alliances
, 212

Hierarchist system
, 138–141

Hierarchy
, 211

High-performing schools
, 62, 64

‘High-performing Schools Go West Project’
, 65

Hood’s matrix
, 151–152, 161

Hood’s seven reverse-effect mechanisms
, 22

Human Capital Operational Programme
, 112

Impactful school-to-school collaboration
, 27

Incentivizing process
, 19, 21

Initial teacher training (ITT)
, 211

International collaborations
, 44

International school partnerships
, 114

International school-to-school collaboration

case study in
, 155

network
, 151

Internationally Networked Professional Learning Communities (ILNPLC)
, 44

Interprofessional collaboration (IPC)
, 92

changes in children’s (school) day
, 95

Dutch Educational and Childcare System
, 92–94

increased numbers of children at risk in complex societies
, 94–95

key lessons for practice and policy
, 104

perceived barriers to engaging in
, 100–102

scarcity of professionals and shrinking rural regions
, 95–98

trend towards IPC in Netherlands
, 94–98

understanding differences in
, 98–100

Investing for Educational Success (IES)
, 12

initiative
, 15, 20

Irish Free State
, 138

Irish government
, 139

Irish Republican Army (IRA)
, 139

Join-the-dots approach
, 22

K-12 education
, 44

Kāhui Ako
, 12–13

Kenya Basic Education Act
, 124

Kenyan education system
, 124

cohesion/regulation matrix in Kenyan School System
, 124–127

enablers of school-to-school collaboration
, 127–131

key lessons for practice and policy
, 131

Kenyan school governance model
, 124

KMK
, 191

Knowledge mobilization
, 55

Language and Social Cohesion (LIC)
, 174

Leadership
, 31, 128–129, 211

Leading Student Achievement initiative (LSA initiative)
, 47

Learning ecosystems
, 170–172

Local authorities (LAs)
, 33, 36, 210

culture
, 35

Loosely coupled model
, 62–63, 66

Low-performing schools
, 62

Marketized alliances
, 212

Markets
, 211

MAT, 218n6

Math Councils
, 56–57

Maths Hubs
, 219–220

Meta-governance
, 212

Minban education (people-run education)
, 63

Ministerial Advisory Group
, 144

Ministry of Education
, 46

Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
, 94

Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
, 92

Monsignor John Pereyma Catholic Secondary School in Oshawa
, 49

Mood–meter
, 84

Multi-academy trusts (MATs)
, 210

National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM), 219n8

National Party
, 13

National Policy
, 28

National Schools system
, 139

Netherlands
, 92

trend towards IPC in
, 94–98

Network (s)
, 153, 210–211

initiators
, 197

of Innovative Schools in Germany programme
, 190

Network for shared school improvement (NSSI)
, 145

Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE)
, 34–37

Network learning system (NLS)
, 85–86

Networking
, 80

in Chile
, 81

initiatives
, 80

‘Networks for Change’ programme
, 168

assessment
, 168–170

key lessons
, 182–185

learning ecosystems
, 170–172

methods
, 172

professional learning network to network of action and educational change in schools
, 181–182

school networks to co-responsible ecosystems for educational change
, 175–178

teachers of schools participating in programme
, 173–174

team of facilitators of programme
, 174

teams of school leaders
, 172–173

weaving connections between teachers beyond territorial networks
, 179–180

New Public Management (NPM)
, 14

New Zealand

case
, 13

collaborative school system
, 12

education system
, 18

Labour Government
, 14

schools
, 16, 23

self-managing school system
, 18

New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI)
, 15

Next practice concept
, 145

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
, 111

Non-hierarchical decision-making
, 21

North Rhine–Westphalian State Institute for the Quality and Support of Schools (QUA-LiS)
, 199

Northern Ireland
, 138–140

education in
, 140

equivalent of 1988 Education Act in England
, 141–142

legislation
, 142

Troubles
, 141, 143

Norway–Canada collaboration (NORCAN collaboration)
, 44, 48

collaboration in Ontario education system
, 45–48

collaborative structures, processes, relationships, and trust
, 49–51

design
, 48–49

key lessons for policy and practice
, 57–58

Ontario education system
, 44–45

professional learning and agency
, 53–55

sharing knowledge and de-privatizing practices
, 55–57

student voice, agency, and leadership
, 51–53

One-unit model
, 62, 66

Ontario
, 44, 48

Ontario Certified Teacher (OCT)
, 45

Ontario education system
, 44–45

collaboration in
, 45–48

Ontario Ministry of Education
, 44

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT)
, 45

Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF)
, 47

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 12

Out-of-school care (OSC)
, 92, 97

Overview effect
, 50, 56

Partnership
, 210, 212

working
, 32–36

Pedagogical Resources Centers (CRP)
, 174

Poland
, 108

barriers
, 115–117

education system
, 109–112

key lessons for practice and policy
, 117–119

post-1989 education policy
, 116

SSC in
, 108, 112–115

Policy
, 141

consensus
, 31

coordination
, 71

Polish education system
, 109, 111

Post-pandemic recovery
, 1

Post-socialist transformations
, 108

Potenziale Entwickeln–Schulen Stärken (PeSs)
, 197–199

Preservice teachers
, 86

Primary education
, 94, 191

Private international school-to-school collaboration
, 150

Professional development programme (PD programme)
, 81, 83–84

Professional jealousy
, 21

Professional learning
, 31–32, 44

network to network of action and educational change in schools
, 181–182

Professional learning communities (PLCs)
, 12, 158

Professional networks
, 168

Programme for International Student Assessment test (PISA test)
, 12

Progressive curriculum
, 127–128

Provincial Knowledge Exchange (PKE)
, 47–48

Psychopedagogical Guidance Team (EAP)
, 177

Public systems
, 15

Pupil Equity Fund (PEF)
, 30

Pupil:teacher ratio
, 130

Reflexivity
, 163–164

Regional MAT TSA
, 214, 218–219

Regulation
, 2–3, 28

Relational trust
, 150

Research
, 81

Research Teams
, 85–86

Robert Owen Centre (ROC)
, 28, 32–33, 36

School collaboration
, 62

in Ontario
, 47

School development
, 190

School governance
, 30

School improvement
, 150

background and characteristics of collaboration network
, 155–158

beliefs and enabling and hindering factors
, 158–160

case study in international school-to-school collaboration
, 155

case study methodology
, 153–154

frameworks for collaboration
, 158

key lessons for practice and policy
, 161–163

reflexivity
, 163–164

relationship continuum
, 160–161

teacher principles of collaboration
, 154–155

School improvement networks (SIN)
, 83

School Improvement Partnership Programme (SIPP)
, 33–35

School leadership
, 190

School networks
, 190

classification
, 193–194

to co-responsible ecosystems for educational change
, 175–178

in Germany
, 201–202

School partnerships
, 145, 210–211

School principals
, 12

School systems
, 2

School-to-school ‘partnership’ approach
, 150

School-to-school collaboration (SSC)
, 1, 44, 108, 210

barriers to
, 18–23

enablers
, 18–23, 127–131

extent of
, 16–18

in Poland
, 108, 112–115

polish experiences
, 108

shifting classifications
, 14–16

Schoolteachers
, 86

Scotland

lessons learned
, 37–38

partnership working
, 32–36

policy
, 29–32

school-to-school collaboration in
, 27

sociocultural perspectives on public service reform
, 28

Scotland Act (1998)
, 29

Scottish education
, 29

Scottish system
, 29

Self-governance
, 30

Self-governing school
, 29

Self-improving school-led school system (SISS)
, 210

trajectories for teaching schools in
, 210–213

Shared education
, 137–138

churches and divided schools
, 138

education markets
, 141–142

hierarchist system
, 138–141

key lessons for practice and policy
, 147

shifting towards collaboration
, 143–146

Shared management mechanism
, 67

Social capital
, 175

Social cohesion
, 2, 28

matrix
, 92

Social regulation
, 28

Social regulation/cohesion matrix
, 13–14, 45

Special (educational) needs (SEN)
, 97, 104

Standing Advisory Commission for Human Rights (SACHR)
, 142

Student voice
, 51–53

SUCCESS TSA
, 213–216

Sustainability
, 17

Symposiums
, 125–126

Teacher Agency (2015)
, 151–152

Teacher Learning and Leadership Programme (TLLP)
, 47–48

Teachers
, 81

collaboration
, 151

educators
, 86

isolation
, 86

principles of collaboration
, 154–155

Teaching School Alliances (TSAs)
, 210

in Eastern City
, 214–219

existing networks
, 213

mandated collaboration as source of tension between
, 219–220

trajectories for teaching schools in SISS
, 210–213

Teaching Schools
, 211

government-funded evaluation
, 212

Teaching Scotland’s Future (TSF)
, 31

Tecumseh Vista Academy in Windsor
, 49

Top-down initiative
, 63, 65–66, 63

Transfer networks
, 194

Transversality
, 177–178

Trust
, 71, 150

enhancing trust in school improvement network
, 83–85

University researchers
, 33

Visegrad Group countries
, 111

Within schoolteachers (WSTs)
, 12, 15, 21

Prelims
Introduction
Section 1: Hierarchist Systems
Chapter 1: New Zealand Cases of Collaboration within and Between Schools: The Coexistence of Cohesion and Regulation
Chapter 2: Local Authorities and School-to-School Collaboration in Scotland
Chapter 3: School Participation in Local and International Collaboration: The Norway–Canada (NORCAN) Programme
Chapter 4: Education Groups as a Chinese Way of School Collaboration for Education Improvement
Section 2: Fatalist Systems
Chapter 5: Barriers for Effective Networking in Competitive Environments: Addressing Distrust and Isolation to Promote Collaboration in the Chilean School System
Chapter 6: Interprofessional Collaboration Between Childcare Services and Primary Schools in the Netherlands
Chapter 7: School-to-School Collaboration in Poland: Mapping (Untapped) Potential
Chapter 8: School-to-School Collaboration – Kenyan Context
Section 3: Egalitarian Systems
Chapter 9: School Collaboration in a Divided Society: Shared Education in Northern Ireland
Chapter 10: Moving Beyond a Narrative of School Improvement: How and Why Should We Create Purpose-driven and Impactful Collaboration for Educators?
Chapter 11: From Professional School Networks to Learning Ecosystems: The Case of Networks for Change in Barcelona
Chapter 12: Germany: School-to-School Collaboration at the Interface of Bureaucracy and Autonomy
Section 4: Fatalist Systems
Chapter 13: School-to-School Collaboration Through Teaching School Alliances in England: ‘System Leadership’ in a Messy and Hybrid Governance Context
Index