Policy as practice : toward a comparative sociocultural analysis of educational policy / edited by Margaret Sutton and Bradley A.U. Levinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sutton, Margaret.

Levinson, Bradley A., 1963-

Series:

Sociocultural studies in educational policy formation and appropriation ; v. 1.

Sociocultural studies in educational policy formation and appropriation, 1530-5473 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and state--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Education and state.

Educational anthropology--Cross-cultural studies.

Educational anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stamford, Conn. : Ablex Pub., 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together scholars working on ethnographic policy studies to debate and provisionally chart the methodological and theoretical parameters of such a project. It is divided into three sections on theory, methods, and experiences, and features field experiences and case studies.

Contents:

""Preliminaries""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Are Pedagogical Ideals Embraced or Imposed?""; ""2 Linking Research to Educational Policy and Practice""; ""3 Policy Research as Ethnographic Refusal""; ""4 Multicultural Curriculum and Academic Performance""; ""5 Teachers� Perceptions of Their Participation in Policy Choices""; ""6 When Politics Becomes Pedagogy""; ""7 Beyond Educational Policy""; ""8 Health Education Policies and Poor Women in Brazil""; ""9 The Impact of Life Histories on Local Policy""; ""10 “That School Gotta Recognize Our Policy!�""

""11 We Are Mountain�""""12 Myth Making and Moral Order in a Debate on Mathematics Education Policy""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-313-00560-5

OCLC:

609317883