The Two Solitudes of Educational Policy and the Challenge of Development
Policy makers are challenged to improve educational outcomes, manage scarce resources and secure public acceptance of their initiatives to provide quality, relevant and effective education. In making decisions they are pulled between competing ideologies about the process and purposes of schooling....
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| author | Stephen J Murgatroyd Pasi Sahlberg |
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| description | Policy makers are challenged to improve educational outcomes, manage scarce resources and secure public acceptance of their initiatives to provide quality, relevant and effective education. In making decisions they are pulled between competing ideologies about the process and purposes of schooling. This paper explores these ideologies and suggests tensions between them. The paper also suggests a way forward for those seeking to established evidence based, context sensitive policies and practices |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9dfbe100fc2e4ff2b673e4053fbe08e32022-12-22T01:52:40ZengCommonwealth of LearningJournal of Learning for Development2311-15502016-11-0133The Two Solitudes of Educational Policy and the Challenge of DevelopmentStephen J Murgatroyd0Pasi Sahlberg1Collaborative Media Group Inc.Harvard Graduate School of EducationPolicy makers are challenged to improve educational outcomes, manage scarce resources and secure public acceptance of their initiatives to provide quality, relevant and effective education. In making decisions they are pulled between competing ideologies about the process and purposes of schooling. This paper explores these ideologies and suggests tensions between them. The paper also suggests a way forward for those seeking to established evidence based, context sensitive policies and practiceshttps://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/147EquityPolicyMarket ChoiceNeoliberalEvidence Based Decisions |
| spellingShingle | Stephen J Murgatroyd Pasi Sahlberg The Two Solitudes of Educational Policy and the Challenge of Development Journal of Learning for Development Equity Policy Market Choice Neoliberal Evidence Based Decisions |
| title | The Two Solitudes of Educational Policy and the Challenge of Development |
| title_full | The Two Solitudes of Educational Policy and the Challenge of Development |
| title_fullStr | The Two Solitudes of Educational Policy and the Challenge of Development |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Two Solitudes of Educational Policy and the Challenge of Development |
| title_short | The Two Solitudes of Educational Policy and the Challenge of Development |
| title_sort | two solitudes of educational policy and the challenge of development |
| topic | Equity Policy Market Choice Neoliberal Evidence Based Decisions |
| url | https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/147 |
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