Learning in and for interagency working

Project Outline

Research Questions

What are the learning challenges brought about by the transition toward responsive work with clients in organisations and how can they be incorporated into a theory of expansive learning?
What new tools and infrastructures may be developed and implemented to support expansive learning in co-ordinated and responsive work with clients; in particular, how is the instrumentality of DWR to be developed to meet the challenge of learning for inter-agency working?
What are the features of a viable methodology for studying learning in and for responsive work with clients?

Five Stages of the Project

Stage 1: Theoretical Development (January - June 2004)

Systematic Review and clarification of conceptual framework

Stage 2: Analysing the National Situation (June - December 2004)

Identify local authority case

Stage 3: Refine Model Through Intervention in Two Settings (January - September 2005)

Development of Knowledge Tools and Preliminary Outcomes

Stage 4: Intervention Study in Three Local Authorities (October 2005 - June 2007)

Testing of Feasibility of Models and Tools

Stage 5: Examining the Outcomes in a Broader Context (July - December 2007)

Knowledge Sharing

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Learning in and for interagency working

An ESRC Teaching and Learning Programme (TLRP) Phase III funded project (2004-2007)

Project Outline

Research Questions

Five Stages of the Project