Changing the landscape of school/university partnership in Northern Scotland

Yvonne Bain (Lead / Corresponding author), Jayne Bruce, Douglas Weir

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    Abstract

    This article is a descriptive analysis of the local impact of a national school/university partnership programme in Scotland. Starting from a high-level report on improving teacher education, a series of recommendations was filtered through various stages and agencies until local providers (local authorities and higher education institutions) were faced with having to decide how best to respond to a large national agenda but in a manner which was appropriate for local circumstances. How one university and its partners engaged with this agenda, while experiencing considerable staff shortages and in the light of ongoing financial constraints, is described and analysed through the lenses of local and national policy. The most significant learning from that engagement is how national priorities shift and are replaced without much sustainability or continuity while the ‘locals’ remain committed to more fundamental and long-term issues of working together to enhance teacher and pupil learning. In the analysis, considerations of professional development through partnerships are also discussed in an international context.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)537-555
    Number of pages19
    JournalProfessional Development in Education
    Volume43
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 8 Aug 2017

    Keywords

    • local government
    • national policy
    • partnership
    • universities

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Education

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