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Sinnema, Claire; Meyer, Frauke; Aitken, Graeme – Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
Given widespread acceptance of the role of teaching in improving student outcomes, it is not surprising that policy makers have turned to teaching standards as a lever for educational improvement. There are, however, long-standing critiques of standards that suggest they are reductionist and promote a dualism between theory and practice. Our…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Inquiry, Standards, Outcomes of Education
Hamilton, Paula; Roberts, Bethan – Education 3-13, 2017
Gendered expectations are deeply embedded within the fabric of a society and the classroom is no exception; binaries habitually pervade attitudes, practices and pedagogies. This small-scale qualitative-interpretive study, undertaken in one rural primary school in North Wales, explores how the learning of gender is constructed, enacted and…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Elementary School Students, Gender Differences, Social Attitudes
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Brock, Colin – European Journal of Education, 1981
In England and Wales the lack of effective articulation between each adjacent sector of formal education within the public system of education is characteristic. It is seen as likely that deeply ingrained characteristics of dualism, elitism, and extreme localization will prevent real improvement in articulation. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Educational Mobility, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
Reframing Accountability Policy Research with Postpositivism, Pluralism, Democracy and Subsidiarity.
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Macpherson, R. J. S. – 1996
A 1994 review of international policy research on accountability in education indicates that there is widespread concern over policy content, processes, and consequences. Current purposes tend to be polarized by a simplistic dualism--hyperindividualism versus communitarianism. Policies and practices often exhibit neocentralist assumptions. This…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decentralization, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy