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This text offers descriptions and analyses of some of the different ways in which schools and other educational institutions have started to establish new collaborative relationships in today's competitive educational marketplace. Using case studies, the book describes examples of such collaborative structures.; Educational consortia have been established as a vehicle for professional and curriculum development, as a source of mutual support and as a condition of mutual survival. As the "LEA monopolies" have been forced to shed many of their traditional functions or schools have opted out, schools have found it necessary to re-create parts of their collaborative structures out of sheer self- Interest.; For Some Educators Who Continue To Be Attached To Notions Of "an educational service" and professional collegiality in the provision of such a service, inter-institutional collaboration becomes seen as something to be valued independently of the instrumental benefits which it provides. For this variety of reasons, consortium working and collaborative structures seem set to develop in spite of, or as a necessary antodote to, educational markets. Understanding the role and operation of such structures is a necessity for educational managers in all parts of the educational service.
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Consorting and Collaborating in the Education Market Place
Education Policy Perspectives Series
Consorting and Collaborating in the Education Market Place Edited by David Bridges and Chris Husbands
LONDON AND NEW YORK
© D.Bridges and C.Husbands 1996 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the Publisher. First published in 1996 By Falmer Press RoutledgeFalmer is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data are available on request
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Contents
Chapter 1
Part 1:
The Education Market Place and the Collaborative Response: An Introduction David Bridges and Chris Husbands Mapping the Development of Collaborative Networks
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7
Chapter 2
Schools, Markets and Collaboration: New Models for Educational Polity? Chris Husbands
Chapter 3
Collaboration: A Condition of Survival for Small Rural Schools? Linda Hargreaves
20
Chapter 4
Collaboration, Competition and Cross-phase Liaison: The North Lowestoft Schools Network Mike Harbour
37
Chapter 5
The Rationale and Experience of a ‘Schools Association’: The Ivel Schools’ Association Ron Wallace
51
Chapter 6
Education 2000: Collaboration and Cooperation as a Model of Change Management Lynne Monck and Chris Husbands
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Chapter 7
A Consortium Approach to Staff Development Peter Upton and Phil Cozens
69
Chapter 8
Collaboration and Competition in Education: Marriage not Divorce Sylvia West
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Chapter 9
Collaboration for School Improvement: The Power of Partnership Michael Johnson and Michael Barber
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Part 2:
Issues in the Development of Collaborative Networks
Chapter 10
Consortium Collaboration: The Experience of TVEI Ann Bridgwood