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Honkanen, Jaakko; Huttunen, Rauno – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
This article attempts to start an in-depth consideration and analysis of modern neoliberal education policy through its philosophical roots. To achieve this, the article considers the ideology and philosophy of the classical liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill and the relationship of his philosophy with the modern-day neoliberalist education…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Educational Philosophy, Political Attitudes, Educational Policy
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Marta Estellés; Catrin Dawson; Jo Smith – Policy Futures in Education, 2024
Over the last few decades, both New Zealand and the intergovernmental organisation of UNESCO have widely spread the rhetoric of safety through a broad range of educational issues. This notion, in vogue since the neoliberal turn, has raised little opposition in educational debates. In this article, we use a Foucauldian lens to analyse the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Environment, Neoliberalism
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Williams, Heather P.; Shoup, Kathleen; Diffenbaugh, Marita; Brady, Kelly – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
Educational leaders and policymakers are reconsidering the role of competency-based education (CBE) to meet the needs of all students, address issues of equity and enduring achievement gaps, and demonstrate college and career readiness outcomes for PK-12 students. This study sought to understand the policy conditions where CBE policies were…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, State Policy, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
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Anwaruddin, Rdar M. – Policy Futures in Education, 2013
In this article, the author explores the neoliberal impacts on higher education in Bangladesh, how market-driven policies might limit the education of arts, humanities and social sciences, and whether or not this phenomenon may have consequences for the future of democracy in the country. First, the author focuses on the privatisation of higher…
Descriptors: Humanities, Social Sciences, Art Education, Foreign Countries
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Solhaug, Trond – Policy Futures in Education, 2011
The article focuses on the similarities and differences in using new public management (NPM) administrative arrangements in educational policy as they have been presented in the educational reform process carried out this millennium by two governments in Norway: the Centre-Conservative government and the current Red-Green coalition government.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
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Dyson, Ben; Wright, Paul M.; Amis, John; Ferry, Hugh; Vardaman, James M. – Policy Futures in Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the production, communication, interpretation and contestation of new physical education (PE) and physical activity (PA) policy initiatives introduced in Mississippi and Tennessee for the academic year 2006-2007. These states provide a relevant context to study such issues, since Mississippi has the highest…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, High Schools, Physical Education, Public Policy