Collaborative Approaches to 14-19 Provision - Communities and ...

14-19 PATHFINDERS: THE SECOND YEAR‣ 2004 termly progress reports and 2004 annual reports from 14-19 Pathfinders to DfES‣ proposals for additional funding from 26 pathfinders‣ exit strategies from each of the 39 pathfindersLiterature review39. Selective literature reviews of academic and official literature were undertaken,addressing concepts such as curricular coherence and progression; institutional collaboration;curriculum change approaches as well as specific aspects of the 14-19 reform agenda. Thisliterature is drawn upon selectively within this report. For this report there was particularfocus on the literature on institutional collaboration, including that undertaken in other areasof social policy.Surveys40. A survey of all pathfinder coordinators was undertaken in October 2004. This aimedto provide coverage of all pathfinders and supply additional detail on aspects ofimplementation which could not be obtained through documentary analysis.41. While the surveys were designed to produce some quantitative information, theycomprised largely open questions which gave pathfinder coordinators opportunities todescribe in some detail work in their pathfinders. Some survey responses have been lengthy,detailed and self-evaluative providing a rich source of data.42. Thirty-five questionnaires were completed giving a response rate of 90%. Two of thenon-responders had been visited as case studies and therefore the evaluation held substantialdata on those pathfinders. For the other two non-responders only documentary evidence wasavailable.Case studies43. In-depth case studies of a sample of thirteen 14-19 Pathfinders were undertaken. Twofurther case study visits were carried out in partnerships which had not been funded throughthe pathfinders programme but where there was evidence of collaborative work in the 14-19phase.12