Policy as Practice: Toward a Comparative Sociocultural Analysis of Educational Policy

by Margaret Sutton (Editor), Bradley A.U. Levinson (Editor)

Overview

This volume brings together scholars working the relatively new terrain of ethnographic policy studies to debate and provisionally chart the methodological and theoretical parameters of such a project. The opening section on theory will survey the conceptual antecedents of qualitative policy studies, citing the relevant literature and laying out an agenda for research. The section on methods will consist of accounts of innovative field experiences and analytic approaches that can illuminate the new field. The final section on experiences will extend the reflections in the methods section with concrete case studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567505160
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/28/2001
Series:	Sociocultural Studies in Educational Policy Formation and Appropriation , #1
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

MARGARET SUTTON Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Indiana University

BRADLEY A.U. LEVINSON Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Indiana University

Table of Contents

Introduction: Policy as/in Practice—Sociocultural Approach to the Study of Educational Policy by Bradley A.U. Levinson and Margaret Sutton
Global and Nation-State Policy Processes: Sociocultural Studies
Are Pedagogical Ideals Embraced or Imposed? The Case of Reading Instruction in the Republic of Guinea by Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt and Ntal-I'Mbirwa Alimasi
Linking Research to Educational Policy and Practice: What Kind of Relationships in How (De)Centralized a Context? by Donald K. Adams, Mark B. Ginsburg, Thomas Clayton, Martha E. Mantilla, Judy Sylvester, and Yidan Wang
Policy Research as Ethnographic Refusal: The Case of Women's Literacy in Nepal by Margaret Sutton
Local Educators Appropriating and Forming Educational Policy
Multicultural Curriculum and Academic Performance: African American Women Leaders Negotiating Urban School Accountability Policies by Khaula Murtadha-Watts
Teachers' Perceptions of Their Participation in Policy Choices: The Bottom-up Approach of the Nueva Escuela Unitaria in Guatemala by Martha E. Mantilla
When Politics Becomes Pedagogy: Oppositional Discourse as Policy in Mexican Teachers' Struggles for Union Democracy by Susan Street
Beyond Educational Policy: Bilingual Teachers and the Social Construction of Teaching "Science" for Understanding by Pamela Anne Quiroz
Health Education Policies and Poor Women in Brazil: Identifying Myths That Undermine Empowerment by Isabela Cabral Félix de Sousa
Community-Educator Negotiations of Policy Meanings and Practice
The Impact of Life Histories on Local Policy: New Immigrant Education in the Rural Midwest by Sandra L. Cade
"That School Gotta Recognize Our Policy!": The Appropriation of Educational Policy in an Australian Aboriginal Community by R.G. Schwab
"We Are Mountain": Appalachian Educators' Responses to the Challenge of Systemic Reform by Maureen Porter
Myth Making and Moral Order in a Debate on Mathematics Education Policy by Lisa Rosen
Index

Editorial Reviews

Brings together scholars working the relatively new terrain of ethnographic policy studies to debate and chart the parameters of the field. An opening section on theory surveys the conceptual antecedents of qualitative policy studies and lays out an agenda for research. A section on methods offers accounts of innovative field experiences and analytical approaches that illuminate the field. A final section on experiences extends the reflections in the methods section with case studies in areas such as immigrant education in the rural Midwest, and educational policy in an Australian aboriginal community. The editors teach educational leadership and policy studies at Indiana University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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