Schools as community hubs : building 'More than a School' for community benefit / Benjamin Cleveland, Sarah Backhouse, Philippa Chandler, Ian McShane, Janet M. Clinton, Clare Newton, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cleveland, Benjamin, editor.

Backhouse, Sarah, editor.

Chandler, Philippa, editor.

McShane, Ian, editor.

Clinton, Janet M. (Janet May), editor.

Newton, Clare, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community and school.

Educational sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 334 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This open access book brings together research on the planning, design, governance and management of schools as community hubs -- places that support the development of better-connected, more highly integrated, and more resilient communities with education at the centre. It explores opportunities and difficulties associated with bringing schools and communities closer together, with a focus on the facilities needed to accommodate shared experiences that generate social capital and deliver reciprocal benefits. This book discusses the expanded roles of schools, and investigates how schools may offer more to their communities -- historically, currently and into the future -- with respect to the role of the built environment in situating community activities and services. Organised around four sections, it showcases important areas of development in the field via an interdisciplinary approach, which weaves together empirical research with theoretical insights and practical examples. This book not only highlights the challenges associated with the development of schools as community hubs but offers evidence-based insights into how to overcome such hurdles to develop community-facing schools into the future.

Contents:

Part 1: Scene-setting

Renewed aspirations for schools as community hubs

A framework for building schools as community hubs: If it were simpler would it happen everywhere?- Part 2: Partnering

School-community collaboration: Insights from two decades of partnership development

Brokering school-community partnerships: Cross-sector advocacy and hard work

Rear Vision: Lessons from community education in the 80s

Nature as partner: How school communities benefit from ecological connections

Part 3: Planning

School and community infrastructure networks: What might these look like?- Valuing urban schools as social infrastructure

Connecting schools with local communities through walkable urban design

Safe yet welcoming: alternative design strategies for secure schools

Schools as ‘Sacred Enclaves’ or ‘Community Hubs’? South Korean experiences

Part 4: Designing

Progressive pedagogies and community connections: Forty years of urban planning and architectural design

Designing for the needs of a thriving school community hub

Planning Doveton College: Holistic vision, innovative design and paving the way for others

Vertical schools as community hubs

Developing a school and community learning hub: A case study from regional Australia

Part 5: Enabling

Emotional labour and developing schools as community hubs

Policy for schools as community hubs: Insights into a fragmented environment

Theorising the development, implementation and sustainability of schools as community hubs

An evaluation framework for schools as community hubs

The role of evaluative thinking in the success of schools as community hubs

Are schools as community hubs worth it?

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 25, 2023).

ISBN:

9789811999727

9811999724

OCLC:

1377291785

Access Restriction:

Open access.

Restricted for use by site license.