Conceptualisations of Extra-Curricular Cross-Sector Partnerships in the Context of The Cultural Schoolbag and Physical Activity Health Initiatives in Norwegian Schools

Abstract

Over the past decades, cross-sector partnership and collaborations in schools have been embraced and developed in many countries as a form of joint work that requires mutual engagement across boundaries within the education policy and practice nexus. However, the addition of extra-curricular content into the school by external partners can be challenging, as it requires the restructuring of the kind of content and knowledge that should be ground in school. How those involved in the cross-sector partnerships negotiate the knowledge ground for certain extra-curricular content and practices is influenced by the context-dependent relationships within the research-policy-practice nexus. Building on previous empirical research conducted by the authors and a document analysis, this article investigates the conceptualisations and key events of two empirical examples of such extra-curricular cross-sector partnerships in the context of compulsory education in Norway. The chapter contributes new knowledge about the research-policy-practice nexus in these partnerships.