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Damber, Ulla; Hermansson, Carina; Andersson, Birgit; Jendis, Mareike – Education Inquiry, 2022
This study describes and critically discusses a development project designed to create and enact a local language policy at a Swedish multilingual school, its context, content and implementation dimensions. The collaborative construction of a school language policy is a complex process, with tensions that need to be resolved. By describing the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Language, Native Language
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Baxter, Jacqueline – Accountability and Educational Improvement, 2017
This chapter introduces the idea of school inspectors as implementers of public policy, framing their role within the context of policy implementation and the governance of education. Using a framework for policy implementation developed by Weible and Sabatier (Handbook of public policy analysis. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 123-136, 2006), it…
Descriptors: Inspection, Educational Policy, Program Implementation, Public Policy
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Macheridis, Nikos – Tertiary Education and Management, 2015
This article focuses on coordination between governance actors in a public university. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate and analyze policy documents as governance tools that allow departmental management to coordinate with the authorities, the board, and the management at different university levels. A central finding is that the…
Descriptors: Universities, Governance, Public Colleges, Educational Policy
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Lane, Jan-Erik – Higher Education, 1983
The policy-making and policy implementation processes used in Swedish higher education, the most comprehensive recent reform effort, are analyzed to illuminate the larger problem of higher education reform in general. It is concluded that the experiences do not fit the standard models of public choice, nor do they conform to prevailing ideas about…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
McKay, Emily Gantz – 1993
A Hispanic-based consultation on European-style apprenticeships was undertaken to add a Hispanic perspective to the current policy debate about apprenticeships as a school-to-work transition option providing effective career preparation for non-college bound American youth. In March 1992, a delegation of 10 specialists in Hispanic education and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Consultation Programs, Cultural Differences
Hatton-Yeo, Alan, Ed.; Ohsako, Toshio, Ed. – 2000
This document consists of 12 papers that, together, summarize the key issues underpinning future research and policy development related to intergenerational programs (IPs). "Introduction" (Alan Hatton-Yeo) discusses the project out of which the papers developed. "A General Assessment of IP Initiatives in the Countries…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies