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Education networks: a key driving force for school development in a time of crisis and change

O'Hara, Joe orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, Shevlin, Patrick orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-3129-2806, Brown, Martin orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X and McNamara, Gerry orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 (2021) Education networks: a key driving force for school development in a time of crisis and change. In: Third Annual International Symposium “Education and City: Education and Quality of Living in the City”(Education and City 2020), 24 - 26 Aug 2020, Moscow (Online).

Abstract
This paper examines the rise of networking in education, paying particular attention to the recent recognition of their importance during the unprecedented challenges that have emerged for schools during the COVID-19 period. The paper begins with an overview of the development of network theory, exploring how the concept has been adopted across a series of disciplines as a mode of organisational and personal development. It is evidentiated that networks are goal driven, rely on good communication, are challenging and seek to provide a way for school communities to uncover and transmit the knowledge that helps them ensure effective teaching and learning. The paper subsequently examines how networking has been adapted for educational settings and has become increasingly seen as a potential answer to many of the challenges facing rapidly changing social and educational contexts. Most notably, networking has a significant impact in the field of organisational leadership. The understanding of leadership as a mode that sees power and authority distributed among school communities as a whole has at its heart an awareness of the necessity to network, communicate and dialogue within schools and, perhaps as importantly, between schools. The paper concludes with a brief introduction to the emerging discourse surrounding the potential of networks to re-imaging educational provision in a Covid-19 context.
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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Additional Information:Article Number: 02003
Uncontrolled Keywords:educational networks; public policy; teaching and learning; covid-19
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of Policy & Practice
Published in: The Third Annual International Symposium “Education and City: Education and Quality of Living in the City,” Proceedings. SHS Web of Conferences 98. EDP Sciences.
Publisher:EDP Sciences
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20219802003
Copyright Information:© 2021 The Authors.
ID Code:26315
Deposited On:05 Oct 2021 12:21 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 01 Jun 2023 11:27
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