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Crossing Lines analyzes the experiences of more than 25 education research networks spanning Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe. Their history yields rich insights into the construction and maintenance of communication structures and processes that increase the utility, and the utilization, of education policy research.
Networks are difficult to establish and difficult to maintain. But if maintained, they facilitate effective communication between the various members, leading to generation of shared conceptions of what is important, and how best to go about achieving it. The networks described in this book are intended to help researchers identify problems and design research that is relevant to the countries in which they work. The networks also are intended to help decision-makers identify information that is available, and to signal the kind of information required in the future. This book is an important research and professional tool for educators and education policy-makers, both in national governments and in international assistance agencies.
List of contents
Preface
A Conceptualization of Networks and NetworkingFrom Group to Network: Sociological Perspectives by Michel Carton
Evolution of Networks: Evolution from Networks by Jon Lauglo
Networks and Institution Building by Leo F. Dubbledam
Networking as a Knowledge System by Kenneth King
Networking Between Researchers and Policy Makers by Noel F. McGinn
Transregional NetworksUNESCO Networks in Education and Training Worldwide by Juan Carlos Tedesco
Commonwealth Networks in Education by Education Team at the Commonwealth Secretariat
Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development by Robert Myers
NORRAGNetworking, Advocacy, and Advice: An Historical Perspective by Kenneth King
From Group to Network: Management Issues by Michel Carton
AfricaNetworking When the State and Higher Education Systems Are Weak by Wim Hoppers
Networking, Restriction of Information, and Democratization in Africa by Katherine Namuddu
The Culture of Networking in Educational Research in Eastern and Southern Africa by Lydia Nyati-Ramahobo
Problems of Networking: The ERNESA Experience by Donatus Komba
The African Educational Research Network: Progress and Prospects at Mid-Decade by Milton E. Ploghoft
Networking in West Africa by William Rideout, Jr. and Richard Gilbert
The Educational Research Network in Kenya (ERNIKE) by Daniel N. Sifuna
The Botswana Educational Research Association's Participation in Research and Policy Studies for the National Commission of Education by Changu Mannathoko
Networking in South Africa: An Aid to Institutional Development by David Gilmour
Networking in Support of South African Policy Change by Peter Badcock-Walters
Educational Networking in French-Speaking West Africa: Hope or Fallacy? by Michel Carton
AsiaAppreciating Cultures: Educational Research and Networking in East Asia by Cheng Kai-ming
South East Asia Bibliographic and Abstracting Service (SEABAS) by Zainal Ghani
EuropeProfessional Associations and Academic Networks: Some Observations for the United Kingdom by Keith Watson
Seminar on Latin American Education, United Kingdom by Mark Richmond
European Network for Research on Learning and Instruction by Noel Entwistle
Activities of the Committee on Educational Research in Cooperation with Third World Countries" by Wolfgang Karcher
DSE's Experience with Networking and Institutional Development by Wolfgang Gmelin
Scottish Education Action for Development (SEAD) by Linda Gray
Latin AmericaCultures of Policy, Cultures of Research in Latin America by Patricio Cariola, S.J.
Lessons Learned from REDUC (1972-1992) by Patricio Cariola, S.J.
Increasing Network Effectiveness Through Technology by José González Cornejo
REDUC in Relation to Other Latin American Networks by Ernesto Schiefelbein
Appendix 1: Contact Persons and Organizations in the SEARRAG Network
Appendix 2: Organizations in the REDUC Network
Appendix 3: A Partial Listing of Newsletters
Glossary of Abbreviations
References
Index of Persons
Index of Topics
About the author
NOEL McGINN is Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University and Fellow (emeritus) at the Harvard Institute for International Development. He is coauthor (with R. G. King, R. Guerra, and D. Kline) of The Provincial Universities of Mexico (Praeger, 1979), and coauthor (with F. Reimers) ofIInformed Dialogue: Using Research to Shape Education Policy Around the World (Praeger, 1997). He has published many other books and articles on education and development. He has advised governments, universities, and research centers and international agencies in 24 countries in all continents on issues of education policy. He was the principal investigator of Project BRIDGES, a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development to research the determinants of student achievement in developing countries.
