Education policy: Mapping the landscape and scope

Thi Kim Anh Dang

ISBN 10: 363165751X / ISBN 13: 9783631657515

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Aug 2016, 2016

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Neuware -This book maps recent developments in the landscape of education policy in higher and vocational education, the returns of education, curriculum design and education reforms, driven by social, economic, political and cultural factors. Contributed by over twenty authors from five continents, this collection provides diverse, innovative and useful perspectives on the ways education policy is researched, implemented and enacted. It helps researchers, policy makers, students and practitioners to better understand processes of policy making, its theory, practice and outcomes. Despite national differences, many shared features and challenges emerge from this book as education systems face the common need to reinvent their existing systems and processes. 560 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Education policy: Mapping the landscape and scope
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Aug 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 363165751X
• ISBN 13: 9783631657515
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 35D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 35 millimeters depth
• Weight: 828 grams

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Synopsis

This book maps recent developments in the landscape of education policy in higher and vocational education, the returns of education, curriculum design and education reforms, driven by social, economic, political and cultural factors. Contributed by over twenty authors from five continents, this collection provides diverse, innovative and useful perspectives on the ways education policy is researched, implemented and enacted. It helps researchers, policy makers, students and practitioners to better understand processes of policy making, its theory, practice and outcomes. Despite national differences, many shared features and challenges emerge from this book as education systems face the common need to reinvent their existing systems and processes.

About the Author

Sandra Bohlinger is professor of education at Dresden University, Germany. Thi Kim Anh Dang is a lecturer at the Office of the Vice-Provost (Learning & Teaching) at Monash University, Australia. Malgorzata Klatt is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Vocational and Educational Policy at the University of Melbourne, Australia.