Value Creation through Educational Partnerships Focused on Preparing Students for Citizenry in a Sustainable Global Society
2022 (English)In: PROCEEDINGS of the 28th Annual Conference, International Sustainable Development Research Society: Sustainable Development and Courage / [ed] Peter Dobers, Malin Gawell, Johan Gärde, Stefan Silfverskiöld, Stockholm, Sweden: Södertörns högskola, 2022, p. 1796-1807, article id 19122Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Sustainable development
Hållbar utveckling
Abstract [en]
This paper marks the start of a larger research project focusing on the value created for all stakeholders in sustainable partnerships in primary and secondary education. These stakeholders are defined as the primary or secondary school, the partnership organization, the teachers, the students, and the parents of the students. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the value created by organizations who enter into these educational partnerships with schools. The primary focus of the partnerships in this study is on preparing students for citizenry in a sustainable global society. This study consists of qualitative appreciative inquiry interviews conducted with leaders of organizations who intentionally enter into partnerships with primary and secondary schools focusing on developing students as global citizens who will be prepared to create a sustainable global society. This research will provide insights regarding: 1) the type of value created for each stakeholder from the perspective of the organizational leaders through the establishment of the partnership; and 2) who or what receives the value created by the partnership from the perspective of the organizational leaders. Partnerships in education with a global focus provide a platform for primary and secondary students to practice creative problem solving skills, team building through collaboration, and to develop real-world global connections through true- to-life, meaningful experiences in their community, their state, their country, and internationally. Organizations with a global educational focus provide an attractive quality for primary and secondary schools in that these schools are searching for ways to meet parental and societal demand of a cutting- edge education. This study follows the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG) Quality Education, Target 4.7, which calls for ensuring “all learners acquire the knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.” This research also supports the UN SDG Partnerships for the Goals, Target 17.16, which calls for enhancing “the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries (United Nations, 2022).”
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm, Sweden: Södertörns högskola, 2022. p. 1796-1807, article id 19122
Keywords [en]
Quality Management (QM), Global Society, Sustainability, Partnerships, Education
National Category
Social Sciences Educational Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-49175ISBN: 978-91-89504-17-2 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-49175DiVA, id: diva2:1791866
Conference
28th Annual Conference, International Sustainable Development Research Society in Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-17, 2022
2023-08-272023-08-272023-08-28Bibliographically approved