El trabajo en red y la cooperación como elementos para la mejora escolar

The school is an enriched learning environment, but it is not the only
educational environment. The educational mission of the school should take
into account the school-family coordination as a feature of its social project.
A great part of this bridge between school and family is based on dialogue
through the participation of the family in the comprehensive educational
development, which is the basis of the democratizing notion of school.
Therefore, this work addresses networking as a school improvement element
through cooperation. It focuses on networking for learning and knowledge,
and on cooperative teams as a networking unit. An example of this way of
work can be specified in two relevant experiences in the Spanish context:
the “Polígono Sur Comprehensive Plan” (Sevilla) and “Sport and School”
(Ripollet). The main conclusions shows that open participation, consensus-building and interaction management are useful tools to foster cooperation
and networking in the various contexts of intervention and the different
action scenarios