Achievements

D4.3 Partnership Agreements with TE Institutions

Interaction between the actors of an education system, including academics, policy makers, teachers, and a variety of relevant professionals, make it possible to share theoretical knowl- edge, informed policies and locally developed techniques and methods which are successful in improving the students’ educational progress in school.

Within the I4S project, activities for sharing views and discussing issues emerging from their different experiences are the means to moving forward, encouraging experimentation and innovation, which are expected to lead to change. The core of most school-university partnerships is the critical intersection of theory and research with implementation and practice. Schools seek to identify new strategies in teaching and learning, leadership, and student support methods responding to arising student needs. Universities have the capacity to identify new approaches based on theory and research, and to evaluate innovations in practice. By finding ways to link domains of schooling with university functions, partners can create mutually beneficial relationships.