Showing papers in "Journal of Education Policy in 2021"
TL;DR: Social and emotional learning (SEL) is becoming a priority in education policy in many parts of the world as discussed by the authors, and it is a powerful source of expert knowledge in contemporary governance.
Abstract: Psychology and economics are powerful sources of expert knowledge in contemporary governance. Social and emotional learning (SEL) is becoming a priority in education policy in many parts of...
35 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated how and why test-based accountability (TBA) began to dominate educational debates in Norway in the early 2000s, and how this policy has...
Abstract: This paper investigates how and why test-based accountability (TBA), a global model for education reform, began to dominate educational debates in Norway in the early 2000s, and how this policy has...
30 citations
TL;DR: The digital revolution in education is sustained by the belief that digital technologies carry with them the potential for an ethical renewal of learning according to the neoliberal principle of free market principles as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The digital revolution in education is sustained by the belief that digital technologies carry with them the potential for an ethical renewal of learning according to the neoliberal principle of fr...
29 citations
TL;DR: Informed by the ideology of deliverology, performance measurement has become a core component of how English schools are held accountable for the quality of their provision as discussed by the authors, and a wealth of research has been conducted on performance measurement in English schools.
Abstract: Informed by the ideology of ‘deliverology’, performance measurement has become a core component of how English schools are held accountable for the quality of their provision. A wealth of research ...
28 citations
TL;DR: A new theoretical perspective on automated thinking in education policy is offered and how automated thinking is emerging in one specific policy context is illustrated, which shows that The Centre is developing a cognitive infrastructure that is already creating new conditions for education policy making.
Abstract: New cognitive infrastructures are emerging as digital platforms and artificial intelligence enable new forms of automated thinking that shape human decision-making. This paper (a) offers a new theo...
24 citations
TL;DR: While political theorists have elaborated on the phenomenon of neoliberal multiculturalism, many progressive educational scholars have yet to adequately theorize this nexus as mentioned in this paper, and they have not adequately theorized this nexus.
Abstract: While political theorists have elaborated on the phenomenon of neoliberal multiculturalism, many progressive educational scholars have yet to adequately theorize this nexus. Neoliberalism either re...
24 citations
TL;DR: With the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), inclusive education has become the main alternative to special schools for the schooling of children with disabilities as mentioned in this paper, which is the case in most of the countries of the world.
Abstract: With the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), inclusive education has become the main alternative to special schools for the schooling of children with disabilities. In ord...
23 citations
TL;DR: The authors have argued that these policies could lead to increased emphasis on high-stakes testing, assessment, and grading in education systems in recent decades, and argued that such policies could result in higher test scores for students.
Abstract: Education reforms that entail increased emphasis on high-stakes testing, assessment and grading have spread across education systems in recent decades. Critics have argued that these policies could ...
19 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify new arrangements between the state and non-state actors in the public sector, one that extends current understandings of education privatisation, the transformation of publi...
Abstract: This article identifies new arrangements between the state and non-state actors in the public sector, one that extends current understandings of education privatisation, the transformation of publi...
18 citations
TL;DR: The authors explores how multinational companies (MNCs) have managed to develop their own policy that sets international standards for education, in particular in the sphere of corporate education, and explores how MNCs have developed their own policies that set international standards.
Abstract: This contribution explores how multinational companies (MNCs) have managed to develop their own policy that sets international standards for education, in particular in the sphere of corporate educ...
18 citations
TL;DR: The authors focus on how universities are increasingly made responsible for the employment of their students, and suggest framing this pressure as an employabilistic problem, drawing on Governmentality Studies, and present a solution to this problem.
Abstract: This paper focuses on how universities are increasingly made responsible for the employment of their students . Drawing on Governmentality Studies, we suggest framing this pressure as an employabil...
TL;DR: In this article, Breen and Muller give a clear and exhaustive report of several studies on the association between intergenerational mobility and expansion and equalization polices, including the work of this article.
Abstract: This volume edited by Richard Breen and Walter Muller gives a clear and exhaustive report of several studies on the association between intergenerational mobility and expansion and equalization pol...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reveal how tensions between more accountability-oriented logics, and more contextually-situated concep- tation can arise in the context of schooling. But they do not discuss the relationship between accountability and data.
Abstract: Drawing upon recent theorising of numbers and data, and applications to schooling, this paper reveals how tensions between more accountability-oriented logics, and more contextually-situated concep...
TL;DR: For instance, the Bologna Process and the Erasmus mobility program have had a direct impact on higher education in Europe as discussed by the authors, and Europe is, in many ways, of central importance to discussions about higher education.
Abstract: Europe is, in many ways, of central importance to discussions about higher education. Various European initiatives, such as the Bologna Process and the Erasmus mobility programme, have had a direct...
TL;DR: This paper examined workforce reform in early childhood education in England, specifically the policy trajectory that led to implementation of the Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) qualification in 2014, taking a critical perspective on policy analysis, the paper uses rhetorical analysis to make sense of the how EYTS is understood within workforce reform.
Abstract: This paper examines workforce reform in early childhood education in England, specifically the policy trajectory that led to implementation of the Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) qualification in 2014. Taking a critical perspective on policy analysis, the paper uses rhetorical analysis to make sense of the how EYTS is understood within workforce reform. From an assemblage of salient policy documents, we report our critical analysis of two key texts: Foundations for Quality and More Great Childcare. Both documents identify policy levers and drivers for reform, but from markedly different perspectives and with contrasting recommendations. By using rhetorical analysis to examine how these policy texts construct not only problems but also preferred solutions, we illustrate the paradoxical nature of early childhood policy in England as it relates to aspirations to raise the status of the sector and improve quality through the implementation of EYTS.
TL;DR: The concept of network governance has become widespread and is often believed to occur in a Western environment as mentioned in this paper, but is applicable to other contexts and what can we learn from it in B...
Abstract: The concept ‘network governance’ has become widespread and is often believed to occur in a Western environment. Is network governance applicable to other contexts and what can we learn from it in B...
TL;DR: The rise of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as a global actor has been attributed to its capacity to create and redefine the boundaries of knowledge through powerfu....
Abstract: The rise of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as a global actor has been attributed to its capacity to create and redefine the boundaries of knowledge through powerfu...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the ways in which two senior secondary assessment policies that aim to be inclusive are enacted for students from refugee backgrounds, in the final years of secondary school in the UK.
Abstract: This article considers the ways in which two senior secondary assessment policies that aim to be inclusive are enacted for students from refugee backgrounds. The final years of secondary school in ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the need to deepen parent and community engagement in schools and discuss the importance of parent engagement in policy reform, however, discourses surrounding "parent engagement" are often...
Abstract: Internationally, major policy reforms seek to deepen parent and community engagement in schools. Whilst pervasive in policy documents, however, discourses surrounding ‘parent engagement’ are often ...
TL;DR: The PISA test implemented by OECD has become the prime benchmark for international comparisons in education as mentioned in this paper, and the 2015 PISA edition introduced methodological changes that altered the methodology of the test.
Abstract: Since 2000, the PISA test implemented by OECD has become the prime benchmark for international comparisons in education. The 2015 PISA edition introduced methodological changes that altered the nat...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe and analyze how school leaders as key actors in policy enactment understand, talk about and act in relation to Newly Arrived Migrant Students (NAMSs) enrolled in public schools.
Abstract: The aim of this article is to describe and analyze how school leaders as key actors in policy enactment understand, talk about and act in relation to Newly Arrived Migrant Students (NAMSs) enrolled...
TL;DR: The authors argue that best practice is a powerful form of governing practice in education policy whose distinctiveness remains conceptually neglected in comparison to the burgeoning literature on best practice in the field of education policy.
Abstract: This paper argues that best practice is a powerful form of governing practice in education policy whose distinctiveness remains conceptually neglected in comparison to the burgeoning literature on ...
TL;DR: The legal framing of national education systems has been subject to substantial change in the past decade, especially in Nordic countries as discussed by the authors, and earlier research has called for better understanding of th...
Abstract: The legal framing of national education systems has been subject to substantial change in the past decade, especially in Nordic countries. Earlier research has called for better understanding of th...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the understudied yet pressing policy issue that affects up to 15% of students currently enrolled in post-secondary institutions with disabilities in Canada, which is an under-studied and yet pressing problem.
Abstract: Funding for post-secondary students with disabilities in Canada is an under-studied yet pressing policy issue that affects up to 15% of students currently enrolled in post-secondary institutions ac...
TL;DR: In the past 35 years, a range of new actors and networks have emerged from the private sector under the rationale of efficient, free-market alternatives to traditional public policymakers as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Over the past 35 years, a range of ‘new’ policy actors and networks has emerged from the private sector under the rationale of efficient, free-market alternatives to traditional public policymakers...
TL;DR: In this article, an in-depth analysis of ability grouping practices in one English school is presented, focusing on the daily operation of English schools and their daily operation in the accountability policies since the early nineties.
Abstract: With the rise of accountability policies since the early nineties, the daily operation of English schools has profoundly changed. Through the in-depth analysis of ability grouping practices in one ...
TL;DR: Inspired by the "material turn" in the social sciences, education scholars have engaged in discussions on various materialist modes of policy analysis for a long time now as mentioned in this paper, and this paper continues the discussion.
Abstract: Inspired by the ‘material turn’ in the social sciences, education scholars have engaged in discussions on various materialist modes of policy analysis for a long time now. This paper continues thes...
TL;DR: The increased use of quantitative education data is often regarded by scholars as evidence of the emergence of the GOverning by Numbers (GBO) paradigm as discussed by the authors, and major stakeholders such as the OECD and...
Abstract: The increased use of quantitative education data is often regarded by scholars as evidence of the emergence of’governing by numbers’. These scholars ascribe major stakeholders such as the OECD and ...
TL;DR: Within the broad landscape of early childhood education and care politics and policies, calling quality reform into question is a political act as discussed by the authors, and as numerous scholars have pointed out, policy struct...
Abstract: Within the broad landscape of early childhood education and care politics and policies, calling quality reform into question is a political act. As numerous scholars have pointed out, policy struct...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on how those working in post-secondary education and training in Singapore perceive the professional effects of a transition to online learning, teaching and assessment (LTA).
Abstract: This article reports on how those working in post-secondary education and training in Singapore perceive the professional effects of a transition to online learning, teaching and assessment (LTA) a...