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Book SynopsisThis insightful Handbook is an essential guide to educational policy around the world. As shifting geopolitics, intensified climate change, and widening economic inequalities persist, the need for informed educational policy is critical.
Bringing together a unique collection of international case studies by scholars and practitioners from over twenty countries, the Handbook highlights how the contextual nature of educational policy and its implementation acknowledges both global trends and local nuance. Chapters explore key contemporary topics including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on international educational policy; opportunities for academic modernization in Ukrainian society; gender equality in Korean and Japanese universities; and inclusive education policies throughout the world, including India, South Africa, and Uruguay. It further discusses the ways in which governmental, non-governmental, and global education specialists are shaping new agendas focused on equity and responding to global crises.
Offering new perspectives on educational policy in a post-pandemic world, this comprehensive Handbook will be crucial reading for students and scholars of education policy, politics and public policy, sociology, and university management. It will also be beneficial for educational research associations and international development agencies, including UNESCO, the Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank.
Trade Review‘The new Handbook of Education Policy
edited by Postiglione, Johnstone and Teter is a welcome addition to the academic literature on the transformation of education policy in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. The 23 chapters of this well-researched book give a comprehensive analysis of how education policy must adapt to a radically changed world. Through a skilful combination of thematic pieces and case studies from a large range of countries, the chapter authors challenge us to embrace new education policy concepts, such as public value governance and knowledge democratization, that can foster innovation and accountability in times of uncertainty. Gerard Postiglione, Christopher Johnstone, and Wesley Teter should be congratulated for this excellent scholarly contribution that has the potential of influencing policy makers all over the world to design and implement more sustainable and innovative education policies.’ -- Jamil Salmi, Diego Portales University, Chile
‘This Handbook combines an up-to-date overview with theoretically-informed analysis of global education policies. It is erudite, insightful and original. It will be a vital resource for education policy researchers and an excellent starting point for students, in any location.’ -- Stephen Ball, University College London, UK
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword xvii List of abbreviations xix 1 Handbook of education policy: international perspectives in a pandemic age 1 Christopher Johnstone, Gerard A. Postiglione and Wesley Teter 2 Conceptualizing global educational policy-making in a (post) COVID-19 world: the past as prologue? 14 John C. Weidman 3 Education policies during the COVID-19 pandemic: scope, efficiency and gaps 31 Suguru Mizunoya, Garen Avanesian, Sakshi Mishra and Yixin Wang 4 From the revolution of dignity to a revolution of academic excellence? Paths taken and not taken in Ukraine 51 Anatoly Oleksiyenko 5 A complexity theory lens for education policy and its implications 68 Elizabeth Anne Eppel 6 Public value governance 81 Trygve Throntveit 7 Investing in education for the common good 99 Mona Khare 8 Fostering knowledge democratization even against prevailing policies: blurring boundaries of responsibility 116 Rodrigo Arocena 9 Policy enactment and innovation: the role of local actors 129 James H. Williams and Priyal Gala 10 Where is the school going? International trends in educational innovation 147 Francesc Pedró 11 Accountability for policies: introducing twenty-first-century skills goals into education systems 165 Esther Care 12 Accountability elasticity in relation to US federal legislation at the intersection of race and disability 181 Kathleen King Thorius and Alfredo J. Artiles 13 Inter-sectoral challenges in higher education policy: incentivizing cooperation and fairness through co-production 196 Nopraenue S. Dhirathiti 14 The challenges of organizing a sustainable interdisciplinary university curriculum: a research report on the 2012 Hong Kong broadening reforms 208 Florian Verbeek 15 International cooperation in education through multifaceted partnerships 229 Yuto Kitamura and Akemi Ashida 16 Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the context of transformative education 243 Philip Vaughter and Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi 17 Unpacking the impact of inclusion and equity policies in South Africa and Ghana 257 Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela 18 Is gender equality a policy matter in Korean and Japanese universities? Challenges for academics in higher education institutions 273 Yangson Kim 19 Inclusive education: rhetoric or reality in Botswana, E-Swatini, Ethiopia, South Africa and Tanzania? 286 Sigamoney Naicker 20 Towards social justice and inclusion in education systems 301 Yulia Nesterova 21 Transnational policy-making on social and emotional learning in crisis-affected contexts 314 Jisun Jeong 22 Identity and invisibility in policy enterprises: cases of community colleges and global counterparts 334 Rosalind Latiner Raby and Edward James Valeau 23 Higher education policies and academic entrepreneurialism: conceptual linkages and a contextual approach 354 Hei-hang Hayes Tang Index
