Expectations of Cross-Sector Collaboration in Cultural and Arts Education

Marie-Therese Arnold, Thi Huyen Trang Le and Nina Kolleck
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Marie-Therese Arnold: Department of Educational Research and Social Systems, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Thi Huyen Trang Le: Department of Political Education and Education Systems, Leipzig University, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
Nina Kolleck: Department of Political Education and Education Systems, Leipzig University, 04107 Leipzig, Germany

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 8, 1-14

Abstract: The promotion of dialogues between youth and older adults in the field of cultural education remains one of the most important educational policy tasks in Germany. After all, intergenerational, cultural projects can make an important contribution to reducing ageism, promoting personal development, and dealing with social challenges. Close collaboration between actors from different sectors (school, cultural associations, administration, etc.) is needed to secure such programmes. However, this presupposes that the expectations that the involved actors have regarding the collaboration are transparently examined, discussed and adjusted within the collaborative network in advance. Therefore, the aim is to identify initial indications of different expectations of collaboration between actors from various sectors. In order to answer the research question, 24 semi-structured interviews were conducted in combination with ego-centred network maps in six German municipalities with actors from different fields (schools, administration, cultural associations, etc.). The data were then interpreted using qualitative content analysis. Our results show that actors participate with expectations ranging from different degrees of closeness and distance to the other involved actors. These results allow the first systematisation of individual expectations of actors at the beginning of a collaboration.

Keywords: cross-sector collaboration; expectations; cultural and arts education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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