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World Yearbook of Education 2006: Education, Research and Policy: Steering the Knowledge-Based Economy book cover

1st Edition

World Yearbook of Education 2006 Education, Research and Policy: Steering the Knowledge-Based Economy

Edited By Jenny Ozga, Terri Seddon, Thomas S. Popkewitz Copyright 2006
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge
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This volume considers the ways in which educational research is being shaped by policy across the globe. Policy effects on research are increasingly influential, as policies in and beyond education drive the formation of a knowledge-based economy by supporting increased international competitiveness through more effective, evidence-based interventions in schooling, education and training systems.... Read more
Introduction, Jenny Ozga, Terri Seddon, Thomas S. Popkewitz; Part 1 Globalising policy and research in education; Chapter 1 Universities, the internet and the global education market, Ingrid Lohmann; Chapter 2 Accountability in US educational research and the travels of governance, Noah W. Sobe; Chapter 3 Crossing borders, Angelos Agalianos; Chapter 4 International policy research, Tom Schuller; Chapter 5 A European perspective on international arenas for educational research, Sverker Lindblad; Part 2 Research steering in national contexts; Chapter 6 Toward new government of education research, Kari Dehli, Alison Taylor; Chapter 7 The steering of educational policy research in neoliberal times, Jorge Gorostiaga, Mónica Pini, Ana M. Donini, Mark B. Ginsburg; Chapter 8 The steering of educational research in post-Soviet Russia, Irina Isaakyan; Chapter 9 The politics of educational research in contemporary postcolonial Malaysia, Cynthia Joseph; Chapter 10 Research as consultancy in the African university, Kenneth King; Chapter 11 Redesigning what counts as evidence in educational policy, Allan Luke, David Hogan; Chapter 12 Performativity, measurement and research, Peter Roberts; Chapter 13 Global trends towards education and science, Barbara Schneider, Zack Kertcher, Shira Offer; Chapter 14 Neoliberalism liberally applied, Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Iveta Silova, Eric M. Johnson; Chapter 15 Marketing academic issues, Xavier Rambla; Chapter 16 Competition and interaction between research knowledge and state knowledge in policy steering in France, Agnès van Zanten; Chapter 17 Education policy research in the People’s Republic of China, Rui Yang; Part 3 Global–local politics of educational research; Chapter 18 Knowledge beyond the knowledge economy, Johannah Fahey, Jane Kenway, Elizabeth Bullen, Simon Robb; Chapter 19 After methodolatry, Erica McWilliam; Chapter 20 Policy scholarship against de-politicisation, Patricia Thomson;

Biography

Jenny Ozga is Professor of Educational Research and Director of the Centre for Educational Sociology (CES) at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Her research interests include education policy, teachers work and teacher professionalism, and the transfer of research knowledge into policy.

Terri Seddon is Professor of Education at Monash University, Australia and Director of the Centre for Work and Learning Studies. She is currently researching the educational impact of changes in work and society, especially the drive to a knowledge economy and learning society.

Thomas S. Popkewitz is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. His studies are concerned with the knowledge or systems of reason that govern educational policy and research in teaching, teacher education, and curriculum.

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