An Ecological Model of Inter-institutional Sustainability of an After-school Program: The La Red Mágica Community-University Partnership in Delaware

<br />The purpose of the paper is to introduce a recursive model of ecological discursive sustainability, as it applies to and emerges from the history of an after-school program partnership between the School of Education at the University of Delaware, USA and the Latin American Community Cen...

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Main Authors: Eugene Matusov, Mark Philip Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Outlines Association 2011-03-01
Series:Outlines
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Online Access:http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/outlines/article/view/2662
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Summary:<br />The purpose of the paper is to introduce a recursive model of ecological discursive sustainability, as it applies to and emerges from the history of an after-school program partnership between the School of Education at the University of Delaware, USA and the Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. This model is characterized by the development of shared ownership and collaboration between the institutional partners, the co-evolution and crossfertilization of the partners’ practices and the negotiation of institutional boundaries and structures. This model was developed by analyzing dialogic discourses across six diverse ecological domains of the partnership.<!--[if gte mso 10]> <mce:style><! /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} > <! [endif] ><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;" _mce_style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"> <p>The purpose of the paper is to introduce a recursive model of ecological discursive sustainability, as it applies to and emerges from the history of an after-school program partnership between the School of Education at the University of Delaware and the Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Delaware. This model is characterized by the development of shared ownership and collaboration between the institutional partners, the co-evolution and cross-fertilization of the partners' practices and the negotiation of institutional boundaries and structures. This model was developed by analyzing dialogic discourses across six diverse ecological domains of the partnership.</p> </span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;" _mce_style="margin-left: 0.25in;" mce_style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;" _mce_style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"> <! [if !supportLineBreakNewLine] ><br /> <! [endif] ></span><-->
ISSN:1399-5510
1904-0210