Policy as practice : toward a comparative sociocultural analysis of educational policy /

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sutton, Margaret, Levinson, Bradley A., 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Ablex, 2001.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0585393400
9780585393407
9780313005602
0313005605
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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."