The Right Network for the Right Problem

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Title

The Right Network for the Right Problem

Abstract/Description

Educators are realizing that individuals working in isolation can’t adequately address the teaching and learning problems that face us today. Collective action networks are needed. Sharing networks use collective energy to support individual action and agency, whereas execution networks typically address complex problems that require sustained collective action to resolve. One kind of execution network -- networked improvement communities (NIC) -- can be of great value to educators as they tackle complex problems of practice. The story of the formation of the Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership (MTEP) illustrates how catalyzing a NIC is different from forming a sharing community and why a formal infrastructure is required for sustained collective action.

Author/creator

Gomez, Louis M.

Russell, Jennifer Lin

Bryk, Anthony S.

LeMahieu, Paul G.

Mejia, Eva M.

Date

2016

In publication

Phi Delta Kappan

Volume

98

Issue

3

Pages

8-15

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Theoretical

Language

en

Open access/full-text available

en No

Peer reviewed

en Yes

ISSN

0031-7217

DOI

10.1177/0031721716677256

URL

Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE)

Article on Author's Profile (ResearchGate)

Citation

Gomez, L. M., Russell, J. L., Bryk, A. S., LeMahieu, P. G., & Mejia, E. M. (2016). The Right Network for the Right Problem. Phi Delta Kappan, 98(3), 8–15. https://doi.org/10.1177/0031721716677256

Cited in

Critical Perspectives on the Contexts of Improvement Research in Education

Continuous Improvement and "High Leverage" Educational Problems

Abbreviation

Phi Delta Kappan

Item sets

Handbook Chapter 11 Citations

OB Citations - Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Evaluating Improvement Networks

OB Citations - Continuous Improvement and "High Leverage" Educational Problems

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