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100	1		_aPino Yancovic, Mauricio, _eauthor. _958940
245	1	0	_aSchool improvement networks and collaborative inquiry : _bfostering systemic change in challenging contexts / _cMauricio Pino Yancovic (Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile), Alvaro González Torres (Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile), Luis Ahumada Figueroa (Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile), Christopher Chapman (University of Glasgow, UK).
264		1	_aBingley, U.K. : _bEmerald Publishing Limited, _c2019.
264		4	_c©2020
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 157 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aEmerald professional learning networks series
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Chapter 1. School improvement networks in a market oriented educational context -- Chapter 2. Collaborative inquiry in challenging contexts -- Chapter 3. A national mixed method study of schools networks in Chile -- Chapter 4. School networks: from competition to collaboration -- Chapter 5. Sustainability of the school improvement networks.
520			_aExisting research on Professional Learning Networks looks at experiences in Europe and North America, with very little attention focused on education systems in the Global South, such as Chile. In 2015 more than 500 School Improvement Networks were created to support state-funded schools across the country with the idea of promoting a culture of collaboration. Although schools are expected to work in networks, they are held to account individually through high-stakes standardized testing and external inspections.This book employs the theoretical framework of collaborative inquiry to guide a mixed method study of fifteen in-depth multi-site case studies and descriptive statistical analysis of a questionnaire answered by 400 networks. The analysis provides evidence of the depth and spread of the knowledge and collaborative practices of these networks. Linking with the literature on Professional Learning Networks, this study highlights how school improvement networks can support the professional capital of principals and curriculum coordinators. The findings of this study are discussed around the issue of network sustainability, stressing the importance of network leadership and conditions of system infrastructure to mobilize network knowledge to schools, increasing the potential impact of school networks to transform schools' practices. By providing a unique inquiry, into an under researched part of the globe in regards to school networks, this book will prove invaluable for academics and practitioners in the areas of mixed method research, educational leadership and comparative education.
588	0		_aPrint version record.
650		0	_aSchool improvement programs. _958585
650		0	_aSchool improvement programs _zChile. _958941
650		7	_aEducation _xEducational Policy & Reform _xGeneral. _2bisacsh _957652
650		7	_aEducational strategies & policy. _2bicssc _957787
700	1		_aGonzález Torres, Alvaro, _eauthor. _958942
700	1		_aAhumada Figueroa, Luis, _eauthor. _958943
700	1		_aChapman, Christopher, _eauthor. _958944
776			_z9781787697362
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1108/9781787697355
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