TY - JOUR
T1 - Balancing power in communities of practice
T2 - An examination of increasing student voice through school-based youth-adult partnerships
AU - Mitra, Dana L.
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - This article examines how power imbalances influence the formation of student voice initiatives, which are defined as school-based youth-adult partnerships that consist of youth and adults contributing to decision making processes, learning from one another, and promoting change. Using the concept of community of practice as a lens, the paper examines the ways in which power influences the mutual engagement, shared repertoire, and joint enterprise of youth-adult partnerships. Specifically, the study finds that the following strategies can strengthen student voice initiatives: building meaningful roles based upon mutual responsibility and respect among all members; developing shared language and norms, and developing joint enterprises aimed at fostering voices that have previously been silenced from decision making and knowledge-building processes.
AB - This article examines how power imbalances influence the formation of student voice initiatives, which are defined as school-based youth-adult partnerships that consist of youth and adults contributing to decision making processes, learning from one another, and promoting change. Using the concept of community of practice as a lens, the paper examines the ways in which power influences the mutual engagement, shared repertoire, and joint enterprise of youth-adult partnerships. Specifically, the study finds that the following strategies can strengthen student voice initiatives: building meaningful roles based upon mutual responsibility and respect among all members; developing shared language and norms, and developing joint enterprises aimed at fostering voices that have previously been silenced from decision making and knowledge-building processes.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10833-007-9061-7
DO - 10.1007/s10833-007-9061-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:48449093756
VL - 9
SP - 221
EP - 242
JO - Journal of Educational Change
JF - Journal of Educational Change
SN - 1389-2843
IS - 3
ER -