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Julianne Lynch; Glenn Auld; Joanne O'Mara; Anne Cloonan – Journal of Education Policy, 2024
Focusing on teachers' practices amid a national curriculum 'implementation' project for schools identified as having high enrolments of students experiencing disadvantage, this paper uses narrative methods to illustrate what we refer to as teachers' everyday work-for-change. Teacher interview data was generated via a longitudinal multi-site case…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Program Implementation, Disadvantaged
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Nordstrum, Lee E. – Journal of Education Policy, 2012
In 2009, the South African Department of Education extended tuition fee abolition to schools serving the poorest 60% of students, increased from 40% in 2007. This policy intends to increase access to and longevity in school for the poorest households by removing fees as a barrier and replacing private revenue with increased state funds. Despite…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Access to Education
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Reyes, Vicente Chua – Journal of Education Policy, 2009
This article is subdivided into three closely linked parts. It initially starts with a description of the background and objectives of the Textbook Delivery Program (TDP). This is followed by an analysis of the factors of implementation on the basis of the field notes gathered during the inquiry. An analysis of the impact of these factors on…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Politics of Education, Program Implementation, Inquiry
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Depaepe, Marc; And Others – Journal of Education Policy, 1991
The 1936 curriculum was an important innovation in the history of Belgian primary education. According to a recent study, educational practice did not fundamentally change. Personal tensions and rivalries, lack of continuity in educational policy, and failure to involve teachers in the decision-making process greatly inhibited the new curriculum's…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Elementary Education
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London, Norrel A. – Journal of Education Policy, 1993
Charged with their own planning and development activities, developing nations have amassed a record of failed undertakings. In this category is Trinidad and Tobago's policy for "de-shifting" its bisessional schools to serve only one group of pupils daily. Experiences with "war on poverty" programs indicates that implementation…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Knip, Hans; van der Vegt, Rein – Journal of Education Policy, 1991
The Netherlands' new basic school (bringing together kindergarten and primary schools) was implemented in the mid-1980s to increase individualized instruction and curriculum differentiation for young children. This article summarizes a study mapping the new program's implementation by principals and teachers, and identifies three response patterns…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Education