ABSTRACT

SCoTENS (the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South) is a unique network of teacher educators from north and south of the Irish border. Funded by government departments and membership institutions across the island, it is facing a range of potential uncertainties. This study is an attempt to map the values and impacts of a complex boundary object. A framework designed by Wenger–Trayner was adapted to create a bespoke research tool. This was deployed to collect data in semi-structured conversations (cross-border pairs of respondents) and in monologues from individual contributors. The study permitted researchers to access both the breadth (from a range of stakeholders) and depth (from immediate to transformative) of significances and to capture the unique flavours and forms of perceived values across this terrain. Sustaining this vulnerable and valuable network in an uncertain future will be usefully informed by these findings.

抽象的

SCoTENS（北部和南部教师教育常设会议）是来自爱尔兰边境北部和南部的独特的教师教育者网络。由岛上的政府部门和会员机构资助，它面临着一系列潜在的不确定性。这项研究是尝试绘制复杂边界对象的值和影响的尝试。由Wenger–Trayner设计的框架经过修改，可以创建定制的研究工具。它被部署为以半结构化对话（受访者的跨境对）和个人贡献者的独白收集数据。这项研究使研究人员能够访问重要性的广度（从一系列利益相关者）和深度（从即时到变革），并捕获整个地形上独特的风味和感知价值的形式。