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What Is "Policy" and What Is "Policy Response"? An Illustrative Study of the Implementation of the Leadership Standards for Social Justice in Scotland
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Ward, S. C.; Bagley, C.; Lumby, J.; Hamilton, T.; Woods, P.; Roberts, A. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
This article examines "policy" and "policy response" through documentary analysis and an illustrative study of policy implementation. Our approach is informed by Foucault's (2009) theory that power relations in society are conditioned by a culturally generated set of ideas, and that these relations contain the space for both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Leadership
Local Responses to National Policy: The Contrasting Experiences of Two Midlands Cities to the Academies Act 2010
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Smith, Penny; Abbott, Ian – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
Drawing on data from a series of semi-structured interviews this article reports on findings from a research project focusing on the responses of two local authorities and their secondary schools to the Academies Act 2010. The article considers the background and the development of the education system in both localities. It goes on to focus on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semi Structured Interviews, Secondary Schools, Educational Legislation