Social Networks in Education: Exploring the Social Side of the Reform Equation
Social Networks in Education: Exploring the Social Side of the Reform Equation
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教育中的社交网络:探索改革方程的社会方面
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
A. Daly
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作者:
N. Moolenaar;A. Daly
The importance and potential of social relationships have long permeated educational practice and research. Educational researchers, practitioners, and policy makers are more and more recognizing the potential of social networks in pursuit of increased instructional quality and student outcomes, as well as overall systemic improvement. In the United States, as is true in other countries, efforts at improving educational systems commonly consist of a variety of technical fixes including structures, processes, and accountability policies. Yet, while the more technical side of the change equation has been well documented, there is less evidence of the social aspects of the reform equation. In addressing this gap, we have assembled a collection of studies that foreground the relational linkages between and among educators at different levels of the system in an effort to better understand the role of relationships in teaching, learning, and educational change. In change efforts, educational leaders and teachers typically play key roles in disseminating reform-related information, understanding and implementing