Education Policy and Contemporary Theory: Implications for research
Kalervo N. Gulson · Matthew Clarke · Eva Bendix Petersen
Jun 2015 · Routledge
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This book aims to posit theory as a central component to the study of education and education policy. Providing clear, introductory entries into contemporary critical theories and their take up in education policy studies, the book offers a generative invitation to further reading, thought and exploration. Instead of prescribing how theory should be used, the contributors elaborate on a set of possibilities for researching and critiquing education policy.
Education Policy and Contemporary Theory
explores examples of how theoretical approaches generate a variety of questions for policy analysis, demonstrating the importance of theory as a necessary and inevitable resource for exploring and contesting various policy realms and dominant discourses. Each chapter provides a short overview of key aspects of a particular theory or perspective, followed by suggestions of methodological implications and recommended readings to extend the outlined ideas. Organized around two parts, the first section focuses on theorists while the second section looks at specific theories and concepts, with the intention that each part makes explicit the connection between theory and methodology in relation to education policy research.Each contribution is carefully written by established and emerging scholars in the field to introduce new scholars to theoretical concepts and policy questions, and to inspire, extend or challenge established policy researchers who may be considering working in new areas.
About the author
Kalervo N. Gulson is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Matthew Clarke is Professor of Education at York St John University, UK.
Eva Bendix Petersen is Professor of Higher Education at the Roskilde University, Denmark.
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