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Learning at the Boundaries of Research and Practice: A Framework for Understanding Research–Practice Partnerships

Caitlin C. Farrell,W. Penuel,Annie Allen,Eleanor R. Anderson,A. Bohannon,C. Coburn,Stephanie Brown

Published 2022 in International Conference of the Learning Sciences

ABSTRACT

Given the rapid growth of research–practice partnerships (RPPs), we need a framework that helps the field understand how RPPs can facilitate organizational learning in service of local educational improvement and transformation. Drawing on sociocultural and organizational learning theories, we argue that learning can happen for the organizations engaged in RPPs at the boundaries of research and practice. Such learning is evident when there are changes in collective knowledge, policies, and routines of participating organizations, with implications for longer-term outcomes of educational improvement and transformation locally and more broadly. The degree to which organizations can make use of the ideas from the RPP is dependent, in part, on the presence and design of boundary infrastructure and the preexisting organizational capacities and conditions. We conclude with implications for those engaging in RPPs and future research.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2022

  • Venue

    International Conference of the Learning Sciences

  • Publication date

    2022-01-11

  • Fields of study

    Sociology, Computer Science, Education

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.3102/0013189X211069073
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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