Research-practice Partnerships for School Improvement

The Learning Schools Model

Research-practice Partnerships for School Improvement
Stuart McNaughton, Mei Kuin Lai, Rebecca Jesson, Aaron Wilson
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13 Mar 2020 UK
9781789735727
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Thereis an increasing focus on research-practice partnerships that adopt research designsaimed at improving educationalpractice while advancing research knowledge. There is now a need for books thatprovide a theoretical and practical account of successful research designs thathave been tested and replicated over time and contexts. This book addressesthis need by providing thefirst comprehensive account of the Learning Schools Model (LSM), a design-basedresearch-practice partnership that has been tested over 15 years and across contexts and countries(n=5). This model has successfully built teacher and school capacity andimproved valued student outcomes for primarily indigenous and ethnic minority students from lowersocio-economic communities. Thequality of research into the model has been recognised locally andinternationally. The International Literacy Association reprinted a paper onthe original model in their volume "Theoretical models and processes of Reading(6th Ed)". The authors won the University of Auckland' s Research ExcellenceAward (2015), awarded for research of demonstrable quality and impact,for their research into the Model. This book addressesseveral gaps in the existing literature on research-practice partnerships. Firstly, understanding applications incontexts beyond the USA where much of the seminal work is located adds to ourcollective understanding of contexts in terms of constraints and enablers. Secondly, we provide a theoretical accountof partnership development and demonstrate how these are practically developedin situ to address the known need for stronger theoretical understandings of partnershipdevelopment and better training in developing partnerships. Finally, our bookdemonstrates how research can be both responsive to context and yet have robustand replicable research designs that improve valued student outcomes over timeand contexts. This in turn provides an alternate research approach forcountries where randomisedcontrol trials are often the "gold standard" for interventions.
AssociateProfessor Mei Kuin, Lai is an Associate Director at the Woolf FisherResearch Centre, The University of Auckland. Her research focuses onresearch-practice partnerships to improve valued student outcomes, inparticular, how collaborative analysis of data in professional learningcommunities and networks contribute to these improvements. She was thejoint-recipient of the University of Auckland' s Research Excellence Award(2015), awarded for research of demonstrable quality and impact, for her workin co-designing and co-testing the Learning Schools Model. She has published in journalslike Teaching and Teacher Education and ReadingResearch Quarterly, where her first authored article was selectedfor inclusion in the International Literacy Association' s edited book, Theoreticalmodels and processes of reading (6th Edition). She consultsnationally andinternationally, and has led or co-led large-scale and regional projects in NewZealand. Stuart McNaughton(ONZM) is a Professor of Education at the University of Auckland and the formerDirector of the Woolf Fisher Research Centre. He is also New Zealand' s ChiefEducation Scientific Advisor. He has published extensively on children' sliteracy and language development, the design of effective educationalprogrammes for culturally and linguistically diverse populations, and culturalprocesses in development. He is a recipient of research prizes, consults oncurricula and educational interventions nationally and internationally, and hasa position as Distinguished Overseas Professor at East China Normal University(Shanghai). He is a member of the International Reading Hall of Fame forsustained contribution to literacy research, literacy leadership and thepreparation of leaders in the literacy field through teaching. He wasthe joint-recipient of the University of Auckland' s Research Excellence Award (2015)for his work in co-designing and co-testing the Learning Schools Model. Hispublications have featured in journals such as Reading ResearchQuarterly (RRQ). AssociateProfessor Rebecca Jesson is Associate Head of School (Research) at the Facultyof Education and Social Work, and an Associate Director at the Woolf FisherResearch Centre, The University of Auckland. Rebecca' s research interestscentre on the literacy learning, and on developing effective instruction forall students that leads to advanced literacy skills. Most recently this focus has extended toinvestigating teaching and learning processes in Pacific Nations and withindigital interventions in New Zealand. Rebecca has led or co-led large LearningSchools Model projects reaching over 200 schools across three Pacific nationsand in New Zealand. She was the joint-recipient of the University ofAuckland' s Research Excellence Award (2015) for her work in co-designing andco-testing the Learning Schools Model. She has published in journals like Teachingand Teacher Education. Dr Aaron Wilson is Associate Dean (Research) at the Faculty of Educationand Social Work, and an Associate Director of the Woolf Fisher Research Centre,The University of Auckland. Heresearches and writes mainly about literacy, particularly disciplinary andadolescent literacy, as well as about teacher professional learning anddevelopment. He was the joint-recipient of the University ofAuckland' s Research Excellence Award (2015) for his work in co-designing andco-testing the Learning Schools Model. Hepresents and consults both locally and internationally, working withpractitioners, policy-makers and researchers including the NZ Ministry of Education,and has led or co-led high profilelarge-scale projects. He is currently a department head for the literacyleadership department of the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. Hehas published in journals such as Reading Research Quarterly (RRQ).
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ISBN-13: 9781789735727
Published: 13 Mar 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Emerald Publishing
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Pages: 144

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