Nina Bascia, Alister Cumming, Amanda Datnow, Kenneth Leithwood and David Livingstone This Handbook presents contemporary and emergent trends in educational policy research, in over ?fty chapters written by nearly ninety leading researchers from a number of countries. It is organized into ?ve broad sections which capture many of the current dominant educational policy foci and at the same time situate current understandings historically, in terms of both how they are conceptualized and in terms of past policy practice. The chapters themselves are empirically grounded, providing illustrations of the conceptual implications c- tained within them as well as allowing for comparisons across them. The se- re?exivity within chapters with respect to jurisdictional particularities and c- trasts allows readers to consider not only a range of approaches to policy analysis but also the ways in which policies and policy ideas play out in di?erent times and places. The sections move from a focus on prevailing policy tendencies through increasingly critical and ''outsider'' perspectives on policy. They address, in turn, the contemporary strategic emphasis on large-scale reform; substantive emphases at several levels - on leadership and governance, improving teacher quality and conceptualizing learning in various domains around the notion of literacies and concluding, ?nally, with a contrasting topic, workplace learning, which has had less policy attention and thus allows readers to consider both the advantages and disadvantages of learning and teaching under the bright gaze of policy.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag NY Inc.
ISBN-13
9781402031892
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96672625
Product Key Features
Author
Kenneth Leithwood, Amanda Datnow, Alister Cumming, Nina Bascia, David Livingstone
Publication Name
International Handbook of Educational Policy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Education, Strategy
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
1116 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
13
Item Weight
2072g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Springer International Handbooks of Education
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Kenneth Leithwood, David Livingstone, Amanda Datnow, Nina Bascia, Alister Cumming