Sustain inquiry innovations through partnerships with business, universities, thought leadership, or institutional policy adoption¶

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Description¶

The chapter distinguishes scale (spreading a practice) from sustainability (keeping it in use), noting sustainability requires a mechanism for covering recurring costs. It states that "One way to address sustainability is through partnerships with business," giving examples such as Read180, Carnegie Learning, graphing calculators with Texas Instruments, and probes and sensors with the Concord Consortium. Alternatives include a university-affiliated group such as the Lawrence Hall of Science sustaining FOSS, intellectual thought leadership such as the Exploratorium, and institutional policy adoption.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A mechanism for covering recurring costs must be identified for an innovation to be sustained

Constraints¶

• Few scholarly reflections on the nature of educational public-private partnerships are available

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students in reading, mathematics, and science programs

Target Learning Goals¶

• Long-term continued use of inquiry learning approaches beyond initial adoption

Related Strategies¶

• Complement experimental scale-up research with design and improvement methods such as RPPs, DBIR, and Networked Improvement Communities

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Roschelle, J., Mazziotti, C. & Means, B. (2021). Scaling Up Design of Inquiry Environments. In C. Chinn & R.G. Duncan et al (Eds.), International Handbook on Learning and Inquiry. Routledge. ISBN 9781138922600. https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781138922600. doi:10.4324/9781315685779-7