Building capacity through sustainable engagement: lessons for the learning community from the GraniteNet Project
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Article Title | Building capacity through sustainable engagement: lessons for the learning community from the GraniteNet Project |
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ERA Journal ID | 20795 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Arden, Catherine (Author), McLachlan, Kathryn (Author) and Cooper, Trevor (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Adult Learning |
Journal Citation | 49 (1), pp. 75-101 |
Number of Pages | 27 |
Year | 2009 |
Publisher | Adult Learning Australia |
Place of Publication | Canberra, Australia |
ISSN | 1443-1394 |
Abstract | This paper reports an exploration into critical success factors for the sustainability of the partnership between the University of Southern Queensland and the Stanthorpe community during the GraniteNet Phoenix Project -- the first phase of a three-phase participatory action research project conducted during 2007-2008. The concepts of learning community, social capital, university-community engagement and partnerships, and co-generative learning through participatory action research and evaluation are brought together to provide a framework for evaluating the sustainability and efficacy of the university-community relationship in the context of the GraniteNet project. Implications of the findings for the ongoing sustainability of the partnership are discussed, as well as for the relevance and utility of identified critical success factors. The paper also discusses implications of the findings for university-community engagement partnerships that utilise participatory action research and evaluation processes to build capacity through co-generative learning. |
Keywords | action research; project Phoenix; learning |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390201. Education policy |
390303. Higher education | |
441001. Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
Community Development Services, Australia | |
Stanthorpe Shire Council, Australia | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0w7w/building-capacity-through-sustainable-engagement-lessons-for-the-learning-community-from-the-granitenet-project
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