‘The Shrieking Sisterhood’: women as educational policy‐makers

1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-275
Author(s):  
Mary Hughes
2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huu Cuong Nguyen

This study investigates professional development among educational policy-makers, institutional leaders and teachers. Through a synthesis of associated literature, this study identified a large number of articles focusing on professional development among teachers and lecturers. However, only a few studies on professional development among leaders and managers of educational institutions were ascertained, and research on professional development for educational policy-makers is also limited. This article first presents key aspects of professional development. It then reviews professional development theories and practices for policy-makers, institutional leaders and teachers. Finally, a discussion and recommendations are provided. This article contributes to the limited literature on professional development at the meso-level for institutional leaders, and at the macro-level for policy-makers.


Author(s):  
Boaventura DaCosta ◽  
Angelique Nasah ◽  
Carolyn Kinsell ◽  
Soonhwa Seok

There is a growing interest among educators to use video games in the classroom as part of the curriculum to meet the educational needs of today’s students. This may be justified, in part, by claims in recent years about today’s technology-savvy students and their adept use of information and communication technology (ICT). However, such claims have not been accepted without scrutiny; indeed, the relationship between games and learning has been tempestuous over the years. This chapter sought to identify the gaming propensity of postsecondary students (N = 580) through the use of a questionnaire. Age, gender, and socioeconomic status were examined as factors that might explain why students play games. Results suggest that age, gender, and socioeconomic status are composite factors that contribute to gaming, but not the most important consideration in terms of general ICT usage. The findings raise a number of implications for educators, educational policy-makers, practitioners, researchers, instructional technologists, and game developers across both the education spectrum and the entertainment industry in terms of the use and development of video games.


Author(s):  
Benno Sander

Ao longo da história da educação brasileira, a terminologia dos sistemas tem sido utilizada com diferentes significados e em diferentes campos de aplicação. A imprecisão dos conceitos tem dado margem a perplexidades e tem dificultado o trabalho de políticos e administradores da educação. No entanto, os desenvolvimentos conceituais e analí-ticos através dos anos em busca de uma teoria geral dos sistemas têm tido salutares conseqüências de ordem prática. Este artigo identifica e revisa alguns dos conceitos de sistema utilizados desde a Proclamação da República até os dias de hoje. Nesse sentido, o trabalho discute a utilização da terminologia sistêmica em documentos legais e normativos; examina alguns conceitos existentes na literatura especializada; e faz uma introdução às soluções vigentes na prática atual da educação brasileira. Além de rever distintos conceitos de sistema adotados ao longo da história republicana da educação brasileira, este trabalho também procura mostrar como e até que ponto a utilização da teoria dos sistemas na educação brasileira acompanha os desenvolvimentos internacionais. Abstract Througout the history of Brazilian education, systems terminology has been used with different meanings and in different areas of application. The inaccuracy of the concepts has led to perplexities and has hindered the work of educational policy-makers and managers. Nevertheless, conceptual and analytical developmens throughout the years in search for a general systems theory have had sound conse-quences in practical terms. This article identifies and reviews some systems concepts used since the proclamation of the Brazilian Republic until today. In this sense, the paper discusses the use of systems terminology in legal and normative documents; examines some concepts published in specialized literature; and presents an Introduction to the solutions adopte d today in Brazilian education. Besides reviewing different systems concepts used throughout the republican history of Brazilian education, this paper also intends to reveal how and to what extent systems theory in Brazilian education is related to international developments. Résumé Au cours de Vhisloire de Véducation brésilienne, là terminologie des systèmes a été utilizée avec différentes significations et en différentes domaines d'application. La inexactitude des concepts a crée des perplexités et a empêche le travail des politiques et des administrateurs de Véducation. Cepedanl, les développe me nts conceptuelles et a na lyri-ques au cours des annés pour concevoir une théorie générale des systèmes ont produit des consequences pratiques três bienfaisantes. Ce travail identifique et revise quelques concepts de système utilisé des là proclamation de là Republique du Brasil jusque aujourd'hui. Le travail analyse là utilización de là terminologie systémique en documents legales el normatives; examine quelques concepts de là littérature spécialisée; et fait une Introduction a les solutions adoptée aujourd'hui dans Véducation brésilienne. En plus de reviser différentes concepts de système adopte au cours de l'histoire republicaine de l'éducation brésilienne, ce travail tente montrer aussi comme eljusqu' aquél degré là utilization de là théorie des systèmes dans l'éducation brésiliennne accompagne les développements inlernationelles. Resumen A Io largo de Ia historia de Ia educación brasilena, là terminologia de los sistemas ha sido utilizada con distintos significados y en distintas áreas de aplicación. La imprecisión de los conceptos ha dado margen a perplejidades y ha dificultado el trabajo de políticos y administradores de là educación. Sin embargo, los desarrollos conceptuados y analíticos a través de los anos en busca de una teoria general de los sistemas han tenido saludables consecuencias prácticas. Este artículo identifica y revisa algunos conceptos de sistema utilizados desde là proclamación de là República hasta los dias de hoy. En ese sentido, el trabajo discute là ulilización de là terminologia sistêmica en documentos le gales y normaticos; examina algunos conceptos publicados en là literatura especializada; y presenta una introducción a Ias soluciones vigentes en Ia práctica actual de là educación brasilena. Además de revisar distintos conceptos de sistema adoptados a Io largo de là historia republicana de là educación brasilena, este trabajo también intenta revelar como y hasta que punto Ia ulilización de là teoria de los sistemas en là educación brasilena acompana los desarrollos internacionales.


Seminar.net ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Dobson

This essay argues for narrative competence as an underlying skill neglected in educational policy makers’ calls for enhanced literacy through improved reading, writing, numeracy and working with digital technology. This argument is presented in three parts. First, a genealogy of the narrative is presented by looking at understandings of narratives with respect to changes in technology and socio-cultural relations. Three technological forms of the narrative are examined: the oral, written and image based narrative. Second, revisiting Bernstein, narrative competency is connected to pedagogic practice. The focus is upon code recognition and the rhythm of narrative in a classroom context. Third, a proposal is made to develop narrative competence as a research programme capable of exploring literacy in an age of open learning. The core assertion of this essay is that when narrative is understood in a multi-directional, multi-voiced and multi-punctual sense, opportunities are created for a pedagogic practice that is in tune with the demands placed upon youth and their relationship to changing technologies. This makes the exploration of connections between narrative competence, pedagogic practice and technology the central focus of this essay.


Südosteuropa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihaela-Viorica Ruşitoru

AbstractAfter the fall of communism educational policy in Romania was called upon to ‘shake up’ the communist heritage and effectively translate European and international prerogatives into the national context there. The main focus of this article then is the educational reforms occurring since the Ceauşescu era. The author examines key vectors of educational policies by analysing the discourse of officials from the international organisations UNESCO, OECD, ILO, and the Council of Europe and that of policy makers and educational actors from the European Union and Romania. Her threefold approach highlights the persistence of communist heritage and the scope of European mimicry, as she shows that corruption, nepotism, and favouritism are among the most common features of Romanian educational policy. She uncovers too a lack of perspective, with a mimetic reproduction of external standards, and absence of landmarks, no team-work and poor organisation of debate, all in a climate of political instability.


AERA Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 233285841986934
Author(s):  
Bryan Mann ◽  
Andrew Saultz

Despite the strong relationship between geography and education policy, educational research tends to draw from other fields of inquiry such as economics, political science, and history. This special topics collection centers the usefulness of geography and place in educational policy research. The introduction explains the rationale for the collection and discusses the themes and articles in the collection. We conclude with a call for researchers, policy makers, and colleges of education to enhance their capacity in incorporating geographic thinking into educational policy research.


Author(s):  
Lorenzo Cherubini

<span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">By considering the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ontario First Nation, M&eacute;tis, and Inuit Policy Framework</em> (2007) from a Foucauldian perspective, the paper presents a policy discourse of knowledge, power, and identity from a multicultural education framework.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Through Foucauldian theoretical perspectives, the paper creates alternate possibilities in confronting the ways to understand public educational policy &ndash; considered the purpose of multicultural education. This paper invites teachers, administrators, district leaders, and policy makers to consider how educational policy in one Canadian province strategically situates Aboriginal peoples in a historical context, exercises Foucauldian notions of power and care and potentially endorses the subjectification of Aboriginal peoples through recommendations of self-identification practices.</span>


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-268
Author(s):  
Marcus Morse ◽  
Sean Blenkinsop ◽  
Bob Jickling

This introductory paper begins by summarizing the premises of this special issue on “Wilding Educational Policy.” That is, first, current normalized educational practices in education are not adequate for these times of extraordinary social and ecological upheaval. Second, an important way forward will be to problematize modernist tendencies to control discourse and practice in education in ways that tend to “domesticate” educational possibilities. We then describe how the papers in this collection are framed around two emergent thematic arcs. One arc is directly aimed at initiating conversations with and amongst policy-makers. The other arc illustrates how authors have been expanding their understanding of the premises of this issue and how “wilding” can be interpreted in different cultural settings. These papers all add to a growing body of literature that builds on experiments and musings in “wild pedagogies.”


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