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An Evaluation of ‘Linking for a Change'

An Evaluation of ‘Linking for a Change'
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Author(s): Mairi Stewart Kershaw (South Bank University, London, UK)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 20
Source title: Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and Organizational Synergy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Janet Salmons (Vision2lead, Inc. and Capella University, USA)and Lynn Wilson (SeaTrust Institute, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-106-3.ch038

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Abstract

This chapter details one project, “Linking for a Change” (LFC), connecting schools and public/social sector providers of education for sustainable (ESD) across eight counties in the South West of England, with the objective of promoting the DfES “sustainable schools” action plan. It presents a discourse regarding the need for new education linkages/networks to emerge in order to enable education systems to evolve in response to the challenges of unsustainable development. A snapshot of ESD, or baseline data set is analysed from 66 schools and 85 ESD providers, leading into an exploration of the extent of the resulting electronic networking, or “e-networking” and its ability to enable cross-sector collaboration. Thus this research questions the fundamental premise behind much networking, using a tested methodology (Kershaw, 2004, 2006) to question the assumption that e-networking results either in change in practice or in increased capacity, that is, that “Linking” leads to change.

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