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Non-Word ("buyan") and Non-Self ("wuji"): Resistance to Duality, Standardisation and Comparison in Regime of School Accountability
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Lan, Yuting – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2020
This article problematizes the way of thinking schooling in discourse of sign system, which involves opposition, and double gesture of inclusion/exclusion. Drawing on two fundamental texts of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching and Chuang Tzu, this article puts forward the seemingly passive Non-Word and Non-Self to resist the hierarchy ordering of…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Asian Culture, Religion, Educational History
PISA Data: Raising Concerns with Its Use in Policy Settings
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Gillis, Shelley; Polesel, John; Wu, Margaret – Australian Educational Researcher, 2016
This article considers the role played by policy makers, government organisations, and research institutes (sometimes labelled "think tanks") in the analysis, use and reporting of PISA data for the purposes of policy advice and advocacy. It draws on the ideas of Rizvi and Lingard (Globalizing Education Policy, 2010), Bogdandy and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Organizations (Groups), Educational Policy, Data Analysis
Overcoming Resistance to Change: PISA, School Reform in Germany and the Example of Lower Saxony
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Hartong, Sigrid – Journal of Education Policy, 2012
During the last 30 years, a new model of transnational educational governance including a specific knowledge production regime has been implemented. Its increasing national impact has caused enormous change within the German educational system. Particularly, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developments statistical reports and…
Descriptors: Governance, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
The Relevance and Consequences of PISA Science in a Danish Context
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Dolin, Jens; Krogh, Lars Brian – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2010
This article reports a case study that described and analyzed the changes in the Danish school culture induced and encouraged by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results. The educational policy and reforms that were temporally connected with the publication of the PISA 2000 results are outlined and the related…
Descriptors: School Culture, Science Tests, Educational Change, Educational Policy