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Dempster, Edith R. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2021
This article explores the recontextualization of science in the Malawi Standard 6 syllabus for science and technology. It illustrates how relations of power and social control are enacted, using Bernstein's concepts of classification and vertical and horizontal discourse. The syllabus incorporates five 'disciplines': science, technology, health,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Course Descriptions, Indigenous Knowledge
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Cebolla-Boado, Héctor; Hu, Yang; Soysal, Yasemin Nuhog¯lu – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2018
This research contributes to the booming literature on the mobility of international students in higher education. We analyse university-level factors that affect the sorting of Chinese international students across British universities. We produced a unique data-set merging university-level data from the 2014 UK Higher Education Statistics Agency…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Foreign Students, College Students, Universities
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Pratt, Nick; Shaughnessy, Julie – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2021
Over the last 30 years higher education has seen a rise in new managerialism across all its activity, driven by neoliberal economic policy. Professional doctorates (PDs) have been part of this rise, increasing in number considerably and spawning a related interest in researching doctoral work. However, there have been few studies focused on how…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Administration, Professional Education, Doctoral Degrees
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Mockler, Nicole; Thompson, Greg; Hogan, Anna – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2023
Marketisation and competition within public schooling systems impact the work of principals in varying ways. Previous work on the marketisation of schooling and school autonomy has drawn attention to the 'entrepreneurial principal' as an effect of marketisation. In this paper we explore principals' engagements with marketisation based on 21…
Descriptors: Marketing, Public Schools, Principals, Entrepreneurship