Re: Response to Posed Statements
Ellen Miyasato (ellenm@kalama.doe.hawaii.edu)
Sat, 29 Mar 1997 10:13:41 -1000
On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Kam Matray wrote:
>
> *Time* is one factor that we are finding is crucial for the maintenance
> issue. If you have just long enough to make it a "can't live without it"
> service program or project for people who are vital users w/in the system,
> it's easier (a little easier) to find harder dollars to sustain the effort
> for the long term. Unfortunately the political factor plays a role in
> this as well.
Kam, I think this is one universal factor at all levels of
implementation / maitenance. We have been thinking,
as we enter our third year with the Hawaii Education & Research Network
NSF project, that the "time" factor which plays no favors, may best be
viewed in another perspective: reframing the conceptions of practices,
policies and organizational settings for development...providing ways of
learning (administrators, teachers, community) that are contextualized,
with no rigid borders, buildings, time with a balance of "inside" and
"outside" knowledge. We have attempted to forge connections
between communitites of different role groups that hold different
perspectives with diverse ways of knowing...teachers, administrators,
university researchers, students. we'd like to focus on this area, as we
do see the potential...which would address part of the "time" as well as
"budget" issue that Michael posted a few days back.
How have you addressed this issue? What are some of the other factors or
leverages you are experiencing,focusing on that have been challenges
...and what successes have you had?