Education Policy And Contemporary Theory

Author : Kalervo N. Gulson,Matthew Clarke,Eva Bendix Petersen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317816836

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Education Policy and Contemporary Theory by Kalervo N. Gulson,Matthew Clarke,Eva Bendix Petersen Pdf

This book aims to posit theory as a central component to the study of education and education policy. Providing clear, introductory entries into contemporary critical theories and their take up in education policy studies, the book offers a generative invitation to further reading, thought and exploration. Instead of prescribing how theory should be used, the contributors elaborate on a set of possibilities for researching and critiquing education policy. Education Policy and Contemporary Theory explores examples of how theoretical approaches generate a variety of questions for policy analysis, demonstrating the importance of theory as a necessary and inevitable resource for exploring and contesting various policy realms and dominant discourses. Each chapter provides a short overview of key aspects of a particular theory or perspective, followed by suggestions of methodological implications and recommended readings to extend the outlined ideas. Organized around two parts, the first section focuses on theorists while the second section looks at specific theories and concepts, with the intention that each part makes explicit the connection between theory and methodology in relation to education policy research. Each contribution is carefully written by established and emerging scholars in the field to introduce new scholars to theoretical concepts and policy questions, and to inspire, extend or challenge established policy researchers who may be considering working in new areas.

Author : Jack Demaine
Publisher : Springer
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1981-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349165193

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Contemporary Theories in the Sociology of Education by Jack Demaine Pdf

Author : Dadang S. Anshori
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6237776842

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Language, Education, and Policy for the Changing Society by Dadang S. Anshori Pdf

Author : Bert Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134168392

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The Dynamics of Educational Effectiveness by Bert Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides Pdf

This book brings together the current thinking and research of two major investigators in the field of educational effectiveness. After defining educational effectiveness, the authors analyse the various theories and strands of research within educational effectiveness, especially with respect to the comprehensive model developed by Creemers. Written by one of the worlds leading experts in the field, this book will both elucidate our current understanding of educational effectiveness and carry the discipline forward by proposing profound changes to accepted views.

Author : Héfer Bembenutty
Publisher : IAP
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781681232232

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Contemporary Pioneers in Teaching and Learning by Héfer Bembenutty Pdf

This volume traces the socialization processes, professional development, career paths, and theories and research of contemporary pioneers in education and psychology. This volume contains interviews of leading scholars who are at the vanguard of teaching and learning. They shared how their childhood development influenced their theoretical paths and research endeavors and revealed their thoughts, beliefs, and experiences that made them who they are today. These scholars responded to questions pertaining to their childhood socialization, initial interest in education and psychology, role models, research interests and major findings, future direction of their research, educational implications derived from their research, and perception of their legacy. They are real people who have had experiences like anybody else, but who found homes and teachers who supported them. While in college, they found educators who mentored them. Readers will find that this volume offers them an opportunity to learn the background of contemporary pioneers in education and psychology, provides helpful sources where they can learn about how major theories developed and where they are moving, and reveals the personal anecdotes that influenced the conceptualization of contemporary theories and research. Educators and students will find that this book provides hope and a rejuvenated enthusiasm about the status of education and psychology and that they too can be leaders in their own ways.

Author : Michelle D. Young,Sarah Diem
Publisher : Springer
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319396439

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Critical Approaches to Education Policy Analysis by Michelle D. Young,Sarah Diem Pdf

This volume informs the growing number of educational policy scholars on the use of critical theoretical frameworks in their analyses. It offers insights on which theories are appropriate within the area of critical educational policy research and how theory and method interact and are applied in critical policy analyses. Highlighting how different critical theoretical frameworks are used in educational policy research to reshape and redefine the way scholars approach the field, the volume offers work by emerging and senior scholars in the field of educational policy who apply critical frameworks to their research. The chapters examine a wide range of current educational policy topics through different critical theoretical lenses, including critical race theory, critical discourse analysis, postmodernism, feminist poststructuralism, critical theories related to LGBTQ issues, and advocacy approaches.

Author : Wayne K. Hoy,Cecil G. Miskel
Publisher : Information Age Pub Incorporated
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 159311477X

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Contemporary Issues in Educational Policy and School Outcomes by Wayne K. Hoy,Cecil G. Miskel Pdf

This book is the fifth in a series on research and theory dedicated to advancing our understanding of schools through empirical study and theoretical analysis. Scholars, both young and established, are invited to publish original analyses, but we especially encourage young scholars to contribute to this series. The current volume is similar to its predecessors in that it provides a mix of beginning and established scholars and a broad range of theoretical perspectives; in all 14 authors contributed to 9 separate but related analyses, which were selected for publication this year. These chapters underscore the significance of educational policy in contemporary public education and in particular the impact of accountability policy on school outcomes. Public schools are increasingly being held accountable for students achieving at higher levels in both basic skills and higher-level learning outcomes. Of course, all policy is enacted by teachers in classroom and sometimes changed or distorted in the process. The challenge is to improve student outcomes without permitting accountability testing to extinguish innovation and creativity in schools. This book series on Theory and Research in Educational Administration is about understanding schools. We welcome articles and analyses that explain school organizations and administration. We are interested in the "why" questions about schools. To that end, case analyses, surveys, large data base analyses, experimental studies, and theoretical analyses are all welcome. We provide the space for authors to do comprehensive analyses where that is appropriate and useful. We believe that the Theory and Research in Educational Administration Series has the potential to make an important contribution to our field, but we will be successful only if our colleagues continue to join us in this mission.

Author : Tony Brown
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030551001

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A Contemporary Theory of Mathematics Education Research by Tony Brown Pdf

This book by-passes both psychology and sociology to present an original social theory centered on seeing mathematical learning by everyone as an intrinsic dimension of how mathematics develops as a field in support of human activity. Here, mathematics is defined by how we collectively talk about it. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, the student is seen as participating in the renewal of mathematics through their contributions to our collective gaze on mathematics as the field responds to ever new demands. As such learning takes a critical stance on the standard initiations into current practices often promoted by formal education. In the field of mathematics education, researchers have moved from psychology where individual students were seen as following natural paths of development through existing mathematical knowledge, to socio-cultural models predicated on students being initiated into the human world and understood through the reflective gazes this world has of itself, such as those found in comparisons of student learning in different countries. This book addresses the domain, purpose and functioning of contemporary research in mathematics education and is an original contribution to this theme. The book is aimed at a mathematics education research audience. It continues a dialogue with existing publications, seen widely as a cutting edge and will also be of interest to students and practitioners in the fields of qualitative research, social theory and psychology.

Author : Guorui Fan,Thomas S. Popkewitz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811383472

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Handbook of Education Policy Studies by Guorui Fan,Thomas S. Popkewitz Pdf

This open access handbook brings together the latest research from a wide range of internationally influential scholars to analyze educational policy research from international, historical and interdisciplinary perspectives. By effectively breaking through the boundaries between countries and disciplines, it presents new theories, techniques and methods for contemporary education policy, and illustrates the educational policies and educational reform practices that various countries have introduced to meet the challenges of continuous change. Based on an analysis of the nature of education policy and education reform, this volume focuses on education reform and the concept of education quality. Adopting a historical and comparative perspective, it examines the dialectical relationship between education policy and education reform in various countries, assesses theoretical and practical issues in the process of moving from regulation to multiple governance in contemporary education administration, and explores the impact of globalization on national education reform and the interdependence between countries. In addition, it presents studies addressing educational policy research methodology from multiple perspectives. Highlighting the changes in national education macro policies, this volume comprehensively reveals the complex relationship between contemporary education reform and social change, and explores the links between contemporary social, political and economic systems and educational policy research and practice, offering a holistic portrait of macro trends in contemporary education reform.

Author : Matthew Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781350070561

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Lacan and Education Policy by Matthew Clarke Pdf

Lacan and Education Policy draws on the rich conceptual resources of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Using Lacan's four discourses Matthew Clarke offers a sophisticated critique of recent education policy and the neoliberal model of political economy within which it sits, including the ways in which education has been diminished and trivialised through the economistic and depoliticising moves of policy. Clarke articulates possibilities for thinking differently about education and education policy beyond the reductive narratives of neoliberalism. He argues that psychoanalytic theory is valuable, not so much for allowing us to see what education 'really is', but for offering insights into what prevents education from 'being', enabling us to shift our focus instead into the possibilities education offers as a space of 'becoming'. The book suggests possibilities for conceptualising and creating 'the other side' of education.

Author : Knud Illeris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135226336

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Contemporary Theories of Learning by Knud Illeris Pdf

In this definitive collection of today’s most influential learning theorists, sixteen world-renowned experts present their understanding of what learning is and how human learning takes place. Professor Knud Illeris has collected chapters that explain both the complex frameworks in which learning takes place and the specific facets of learning, such as the acquisition of learning content, personal development, and the cultural and social nature of learning processes. Each international expert provides either a seminal text or an entirely new précis of the conceptual framework they have developed over a lifetime of study. Elucidating the key concepts of learning, Contemporary Theories of Learning provides both the perfect desk reference and an ideal introduction for students. It will prove an authoritative guide for researchers and academics involved in the study of learning, and an invaluable resource for all those dealing with learning in daily life and work. It provides a detailed synthesis of current learning theories... all in the words of the theorists themselves. The theories of Knud Illeris Peter Jarvis Robert Kegan Yrjö Engeström Bente Elkjaer Jack Mezirow Howard Gardner Peter Alheit John Heron Mark Tennant Jerome Bruner Robin Usher Thomas Ziehe Jean Lave Etienne Wenger Danny Wildemeersch & Veerle Stroobants In their own words

Author : Tara Fenwick,Richard Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351627962

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Revisiting Actor-Network Theory in Education by Tara Fenwick,Richard Edwards Pdf

Actor-network theory (ANT) is enjoying a notable surge of interest in educational research. New directions and questions are emerging along with new empirical approaches, as educators bring unique sensibilities and commitments to the ongoing debates and reconfigurations that characterise ANT-inspired research. Ethics and politics are now figuring more prominently in ANT-related educational publications, as are educational policy and the critical studies of assessment practices. Research on digital technology in education has also attracted critical exploration with ANT approaches. This book gathers together articles that address important educational issues while showing creative theoretical and methodological possibilities for ANT studies in education. This book aims to locate these contributions within broader trajectories of inquiry in education and sociomaterial approaches considered worthy of attention, given the challenges facing educators today. It also raises critical questions about what appear to be certain oversights or less helpful ideas in what is emerging in the field.

Author : Emma Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000476941

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Contemporary Approaches to Behaviour and Mental Health in the Classroom by Emma Clarke Pdf

Based on latest research in the field, this book links theory and practice with key agendas and policies on behaviour, children’s mental health and well-being. It considers how policy and research influence each other and provides a range of whole-school and individual-teacher actions to support all children, but particularly for those whose behaviour is seen as challenging. Emma Clarke provides guidance on how practitioners can most effectively support children and manage pupils’ behaviour and tracks how theory and policy has had a meaningful impact on what we do in the classroom. The book is divided into three distinct parts, each with its own set of reflective activities and thinking points as well as suggestions for further reading. Chapters in Part I include a focus on what informs the actions taken to support and manage behaviour in the classroom. In Part II, the chapters move on to consider specific approaches and delve into the theories and research which underpin them. Part III shares ethos-focused approaches to supporting behaviour, including the use of philosophical inquiry by Dr Aimee Quickfall, a timely and highly important review of the ‘eternal verities’ by Professor John Visser, and an overview of Finnish perspectives on behaviour in schools, as Finland is often, and rightly, held up as a beacon on good practice. The book presents a range of research, policy and practice and, as such, aims to be of use to a range of readers. It can support and develop practitioners in the classroom, from early career teachers to those with a wealth of experience, as well as senior leaders and those working in wider contexts with children. It will also be useful for students and researchers due to the balance of theory and practice presented.

Author : Richard Pratte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Education
ISBN : 0700223770

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Contemporary Theories of Education by Richard Pratte Pdf

Author : Pam Foley,Jeremy Roche,Stan Tucker
Publisher : Red Globe Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780333945896

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Children in Society by Pam Foley,Jeremy Roche,Stan Tucker Pdf

This volume provides a critical and comprehensive account of the theoretical and practical issues raised in working with children and their families. Its strong applied focus allows the contributing authors to address a rich variety of issues of concern to professionals working with children in a range of settings. It engages with many of the current social, legal, political and cultural debates about how services should be organized and delivered. Recent legislation is examined and the themes of social inclusion, quality of life and the valuing of diversity are debated. A specific challenge is made to the 'problematizing' discourses of childhood that continue to influence work with children and families. Book jacket.