
Discursive Perspectives on Education Policy and Implementation
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 12. August 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
XV, 258 pages
978-3-319-86524-9 (ISBN)
Description
This edited volume demonstrates some of the potential contributions of discourse analytic approaches to the study of education policy and its implementation within particular policy contexts. Contributing authors provide a range of perspectives, examining education policy using both micro-analytic traditions and more macro-analytic traditions. With examples of research focused on various stages of the policy process from agenda-setting and policy-making to implementation and media representations, this volume will appeal to scholars engaged in research at the intersection of education policy and discourse analysis, and to students with specific interests in education policy and qualitative research methods.
Reviews / Votes
"The editors and their contributors provide readers with a comprehensive set of discourse studies by not only examining issues of (in)justice, (in)equality, (in)equity, and the like via multiple discourse analyses, but also by helping us reframe the ways that we might all come to more precocious understandings of educational policies writ large." (Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, USA)"This book provides a critical assessment of some of the taken-for-granted beliefs pertinent in the field and unpacks the rhetoric and discourses that have underpinned educational policies. This is a 'must read' book for anyone in the field of education." (Michelle O'Reilly, Senior Lecturer, University of Leicester, UK)
More details
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XV, 258 p.
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
361 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-86524-9 (9783319865249)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-58984-8
Schweitzer Classification
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Jessica Nina Lester | Chad R. Lochmiller | Rachael E. Gabriel
Discursive Perspectives on Education Policy and Implementation
Book
07/2017
Palgrave Macmillan
€117.69
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Persons
Jessica Nina Lester is Assistant Professor of Inquiry Methodology in the School of Education at Indiana University, USA. Much of her research is positioned at the intersection of discourse studies and disability studies. She has published widely, most recently co-authoring a methods textbook and co-editing two handbooks on mental health and discourse/conversation analysis.
Chad R. Lochmiller is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the School of Education at Indiana University, USA. His current research focuses on education policy issues, particularly those related to school finance, human resource management, and leadership development.
Rachael E. Gabriel is Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Connecticut, USA. Gabriel's research interests include teacher preparation, development and evaluation, and literacy instruction, interventions, and related policies.Her current projects investigate opportunities for adolescent literacy development, disciplinary literacy, and tools for teacher evaluation.
Chad R. Lochmiller is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the School of Education at Indiana University, USA. His current research focuses on education policy issues, particularly those related to school finance, human resource management, and leadership development.
Rachael E. Gabriel is Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Connecticut, USA. Gabriel's research interests include teacher preparation, development and evaluation, and literacy instruction, interventions, and related policies.Her current projects investigate opportunities for adolescent literacy development, disciplinary literacy, and tools for teacher evaluation.
Content
1. An Introduction To Discursive Perspectives on Education Policy and Implementation.- 2. Education Policy Implementation Research: A Call for New Approaches.- 3. Language-Based Approaches to the Study of Education Policy.- 4. From Subjectification to Subjectivity in Education Policy Research Relationships.- 5. Membership Categorization Analysis for Education Policy.- 6. A Mangled Educational Policy Discourse Analysis for the Anthropocene.- 7. Plays Well With Others: The Discourse and Enactment of Partnerships in Public PreK.- 8. Re-Framing Misbehavior: Positive School Discipline and the New Meaning of 'Safety' in Schools.- 9. Critical Discourse and 21st Century Education Report Policy.- 10. Reading and dyslexia legislation: Analytic Techniques and Findings on the Framing of Dyslexia.- 11. Constructing Teacher Effectiveness in Policymaking Conversations.- 12. Future Directions for Education Policy Research and Language-Based Methods.