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Critical social research and education policy
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The authors argue that education policy sociology, as presently constituted, is limited in its theoretical, disciplinary and strategic concerns, and they urge those working in the field to establish a more critical social scientific approach to their work through increased engagement with feminist and antiracist literature.Abstract:
This paper argues that education policy sociology, as presently constituted, is limited in its theoretical, disciplinary and strategic concerns. Specifically, it urges those working in the field to establish a more critical social scientific approach to their work through increased engagement with feminist and antiracist literature.read more
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Policy Sociology and Critical Social Research: A Personal Review of Recent Education Policy and Policy Research.
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Critical Policy Analysis: exploring contexts, texts and consequences
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Researching educational policy and change in ‘new times’: using critical discourse analysis
TL;DR: The authors explored the possibilities of using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) in critical policy research in education, drawing on a larger research project which is investigating the equity implications of Education Queensland's reform agenda.
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Abordagem do ciclo de políticas: uma contribuição para a análise de políticas educacionais
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the contributions of the "policy cycle approach" to analyze educational policies and present a set of questions to the trajectory analysis of educational policies or programs, and argue that this approach is a useful analytical framework that allows a critical and contextualized analysis of programs and educational policies from their formulation to their implementation.
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Critical policy sociology : historiography, archaeology and genealogy as methods of policy analysis
TL;DR: This paper propose three methodological approaches within which to explore and explain matters of policy, each generating its own particular view of the (policy) issues worth looking for, where they can be found and how to look for them.
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