TY - JOUR
T1 - In and of the City
T2 - Theory of Action and the NYU Partnership School Program
AU - McDonald, Joseph P.
AU - Domingo, Myrrh
AU - Jeffery, Jill V.
AU - Pietanza, Rosa Riccio
AU - Pignatosi, Frank
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - This article explores the theory of action underlying New York University's (NYU's) Partnership Schools Program-explaining in the process what a theory of action is, and how it can be constructed for other innovations in other contexts. NYU's Partnership Program involves 23 schools, K-12, spanning several of New York City's most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. It operates on the basis of what the authors call "mutual self-interest" and exploits what they call "complementarity." The authors illuminate the program's original as well as its evolving intentions, and the environmental conditions necessary to enact them and to sustain the program over a decade. They also describe the program's core design elements, with a view to how these may be replicated elsewhere. Finally, they look closely at the Partnership's theory of action in action, employing action research data to portray a meeting where professors and teachers discuss the teacher education residency experiment they have collaboratively launched.
AB - This article explores the theory of action underlying New York University's (NYU's) Partnership Schools Program-explaining in the process what a theory of action is, and how it can be constructed for other innovations in other contexts. NYU's Partnership Program involves 23 schools, K-12, spanning several of New York City's most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. It operates on the basis of what the authors call "mutual self-interest" and exploits what they call "complementarity." The authors illuminate the program's original as well as its evolving intentions, and the environmental conditions necessary to enact them and to sustain the program over a decade. They also describe the program's core design elements, with a view to how these may be replicated elsewhere. Finally, they look closely at the Partnership's theory of action in action, employing action research data to portray a meeting where professors and teachers discuss the teacher education residency experiment they have collaboratively launched.
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U2 - 10.1080/0161956X.2013.835156
DO - 10.1080/0161956X.2013.835156
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84886823665
VL - 88
SP - 578
EP - 593
JO - Peabody Journal of Education
JF - Peabody Journal of Education
SN - 0161-956X
IS - 5
ER -