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KALLIO   \nABSTRACT  \nIn this paper, I present a design case of the problem-identification process prior to the initiation of a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) . A NIC is a type of researchpractice partnership (RPP) that brings together researchers and practitioners to tackle complex problems of practice, and in doing so, proposes a social reorganization of the traditional education change processes. Central to initiating a NIC, and RPPs more broadly, is the identification of a common problem of practice, but this step often takes place before research on a partnership begins. To investigate how a problem of practice is identified, I use the case of PiPNIC, the Personalization in Practice – Networked Improvement Community, in which a team of university-based researchers used participatory design methods to identify a common problem of practice that would ultimately bring together educators from five schools to participate in the NIC. In the case, I show how the research team constructed a rich problem-solution space and identified a different problem of practice than the research team initially conceived. The problem-identification process, I therefore argue, should be included as a critical component of the NIC initiation framework, and I suggest the “problemsolution space” as a conceptual tool for the joint negotiation of problem identification. The case illuminates how NICs operationalize a social reorganization of research and development in education.  \nSPECIAL COLLECTION: DESIGNING LEARNING WITH PRACTITIONERS  \nRESEARCH  \nCORRESPONDING AUTHOR:  \nJulie M. Kallio  \nUniversity of Wisconsin – Madison, US  \n[jmkallio@wisc.edu](jmkallio@wisc.edu)  \nKEYWORDS:  \nParticipatory Design; ResearchPractice Partnerships; Problem Identification  \nTO CITE THIS ARTICLE:  \nKallio, J. M. (2022) . The Problem-identification Process Prior to the Initiation of a Networked Improvement Community. Designs for Learning, 14(1), 58–71. DOI:  \n[https://doi.org/10.16993/](https://doi.org/10.16993/)[ ](https://doi.org/10.16993/)[dfl.186](dfl.186)  \nPROBLEM STATEMENT  \nOne way to tackle the complex challenges of change in education is a partnership between researchers and practitioners. At the outset of such partnerships, someone often asks, “What problem should westart with?” This design case study investigates the process by which researchers identified a problem of practice in collaboration with educators to initiate the Personalization in Practice – Networked Improvement Community (PiPNIC), a NIC that brought together educators and researchers around the common problem of conferring. Conferring was a different problem than the researchers initially conceived for the partnership, therefore the analysis of the case focuses on how researchers designed for educator participation in the problem-identification process. The focus on participation in problem identification is one aspect of the broader project of social reorganization of research and development proposed by Networked Improvement Communities. In the analysis, I show how the case of PiPNIC provides practical and theoretical considerations into how and by whom problems are identified in the initiation of a NIC.  \nThe case of PiPNIC begins 8 months prior to its initiation and provides a unique case in that the problemidentification process was documented as it unfolded, rather than recalled as is often the case with partnership research (Coburn & Penuel, 2016) . To examine problem identification, I focus on what decisions were made and who made them, connecting these decisions with the iterative process that resulted in identifying a common problem of practice.  \nThis paper begins with review of the literature on NICsand problems of practice. I then describe the context for PiPNIC and the research methods. In the findings, I share the core activities to construct the problem-solution s","cbCaicWDEBYusV94","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicWDEBYusV94","pdf",724924,14,"English","# Abstract\n# Problem Statement\n# Literature Review","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the paper focus on in NIC initiation?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on how researchers identify a common problem of practice with practitioners before partnership research begins, despite this step often happening prior to formal partnership research.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the PiPNIC case used in the study?\",\"answer\":\"A university-based team used participatory design methods to identify a common problem of practice, bringing together educators from five schools for the NIC.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the main argument about the NIC initiation framework?\",\"answer\":\"The paper argues that the problem-identification process should be included as a critical, distinct component of the NIC initiation framework, using the “problem-solution space” as a conceptual tool for negotiation.\"}]","The Problem-identification Process Prior to the Initiation of a Networked Improvement Community | PDF",1792092401,35]