Overview
- First book on education policy analysis in a theoretically broad and practical manner
- Represents a new theorisation of the policy field, or ‘new knowledge’’
- Explains existing terms often used in research but poorly defined in the field Includes practical examples, key vocabulary and reflection activities?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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About this book
Analysis of education policy often follows a particular orientation, such as conservative or neo-liberal. Yet, readers are often left to wonder the true meaning and conceptual framing behind these orientations. Without this knowledge, the policy analysis lacks true rigor, its value is diminished as the results may prove difficult to reproduce.
Understanding Education Policy provides an overarching framework of four key orientations that lie beneath much policy analysis, yet are rarely used with accuracy: conservative, liberal, critical and post-modern. It details each orientation's application to policy making, implementation and overall impact. The book also argues the value of analysing a policy’s orientation to improve the clarity of its analysis and allow broader trends across the education policy field to emerge.
The book offers practical examples, key vocabulary and reflection activities which give equitable, yet critical consideration to all education orientations. This allows readers to see the benefits and disadvantages of each perspective and discover their own biases.
This introduction to education policy analysis offers theoretically broad, highly practical coverage. It is adaptable to many kinds of policy analysis areas and will appeal to a wide range of readers with an interest in education policy, from students conducting specific research to policy makers looking for a deeper way to re-think their work.
Reviews
Professor Jones reminds us that the term “educational policy” is typically used as if it were definitive when it really is not. She then moves on to provide definition and taxonomy that has a solid and very useful theoretical grounding for sorting and analyzing various policy initiatives.
Professor Daniel W. Lang, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding Education Policy
Book Subtitle: The ‘Four Education Orientations’ Framework
Authors: Tiffany Jones
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6265-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6264-0Published: 09 March 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6265-7Published: 26 February 2013
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 71
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Educational Philosophy, Philosophy of Education