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Galvin, Martin; Mooney Simmie, Geraldine – Journal of Education Policy, 2017
While the policy approach in Urban Regeneration Partnership tends to be viewed as participatory governance using an urban studies lens, this article posits an alternative theorisation that takes an adult education perspective. We draw from Lefebvre's notion of "space", Engeström's "Cultural Historical Activity Theory" and…
Descriptors: Urban Renewal, Adult Education, Governance, Self Concept
Watson, Cate; Michael, Maureen K. – Journal of Education Policy, 2016
This article concerns policy implementation and examines the processes of translation through which policy may be enacted at local level. In particular, it focuses on education policy and constructions of teacher professionalism, drawing on a framework of critical logics--social, political and fantasmatic--which examine different dimensions of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Teacher Characteristics
Dahlstedt, Magnus; Fejes, Andreas; Schonning, Elin – Journal of Education Policy, 2011
Lately, a deliberative conception of democracy has gained influence in policy debates throughout Europe. Individuals are here seen to be fostered into responsible, mature--democratic--citizens by being involved in dialogue. In the 1990s, calls for "democratic education" intensified in Sweden. This article analyses two pedagogical models…
Descriptors: Democracy, Foreign Countries, Democratic Values, Citizenship Education
Wilkins, Andrew – Journal of Education Policy, 2010
Recent research on school choice highlights the tendency among some White, middle-class parents to engage with discourses of community responsibility and ethnic diversity as part of their responsibility and duty as choosers and who therefore exercise choice in ways that undercut the individualistic and self-interested character framing…
Descriptors: Mothers, School Choice, Community Responsibility, Educational Practices
Heagney, Margaret; Benson, Robyn – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2017
This article draws on stories of success in higher education by mature-age students of diverse backgrounds to highlight some key implications for institutional support. We begin by reviewing the post-World War II background of mature-age study in Australian higher education to provide a context for presenting some major findings from a small,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Success, Higher Education, Student School Relationship
Sidhu, Ravinder Kaur; Taylor, Sandra – Journal of Education Policy, 2009
The ascendency of neoliberal ideas in education and social policy in the 1980s and 1990s was succeeded in the new millennium by a "new" social democratic commitment with emphases on community empowerment, building social capital and a "whole of government" approach to partnering with civil society to meet community needs. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Organizations, Social Capital, Refugees
Hamilton, Mary; Hillier, Yvonne – Journal of Education Policy, 2007
The field of adult literacy in England has a long history, but has particularly developed during the last three decades. Along with the rest of post-school education and training, it has been substantially reshaped by national policy initiatives since the 1970s. During this period it has struggled to assert itself as a legitimate area of policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Policy Analysis, Adult Literacy, Program Effectiveness
Prowse, S. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2009
This paper reports on the selected findings of a recent research project centred on one new university in England (Charles "et al.", 2007). The project aimed to explore the experiences of 44 disabled students who fell into one of two distinct groups: those in local further education eligible to apply to higher education (HE), and those…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Kuo, Hui-Min – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2009
This study attempts to advance the understanding of relationships between university academic staff and administrators through information in interviews with 18 academic staff members and 18 administrators at a large public research university in the United States. Through exploring the first-hand insights and perceptions of interviewees from an…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Teacher Attitudes, Organizational Culture, Teacher Administrator Relationship