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Research in Teaching and Teacher education Bergen June 13th 2012 Accountability under ambiguity Reforming school and teacher education in Norway. Petter Aasen. POLICY . A policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome(s).
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Research in Teaching and Teachereducation Bergen June 13th 2012 Accountability under ambiguityReforming school and teacher education in Norway Petter Aasen EARLI, Bergen June 13th 2012
POLICY A policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome(s). Policy refers to the ´what` and the `why` generally adopted by governance bodies within public and private sector. A policy can be considered as a statement of intent or a commitment. EARLI, Bergen June 13th 2012
CENTRAL Expert steering National stakeholders POLITICAL PROFESSIONAL Local stakeholders Professional steering LOCAL EARLI, Bergen June 13th 2012
POLITICS Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. Politics consists of social relations involving authority or power and refers to the regulation of affairs within a political unit, and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy. The concept of politics draws our attention to processes that define “who gets what, when and how”. EARLI, Bergen June 13th 2012
Tensions and contradictions EARLI, Bergen June 13th 2012
Education as a common good Equity as equality Patient approach to learning Education as an individual good Equity as equivalence Early interventions The Social dimension EARLI, Bergen June 13th 2012
National steering Decentralization as delegation Local autonomy Decentralization as devolution Governance EARLI, Bergen June 13th 2012
Central detailed regulations and control “Feeding the beast” State steering at a distance through empowering local authority Receiving support Systemic relation EARLI, Bergen June 13th 2012
Evidence-based practice Research-based solutions Efficient intervention What works Practice-based evidence Experience-based solutions Professional reflection When and whom it works for Knowledge base EARLI, Bergen June 13th 2012
Knowledge Competence Learning processes Competence Skills Documented learning outcome Content EARLI, Bergen June 13th 2012
The professional teacher/school leaders Trust Managerialism Technocracy Accountability EARLI, Bergen June 13th 2012
The political The political in education refers to the fact that education procedures and practice – the questions of the 'what', the 'how', the 'where', and the 'when' in educationpractice – constantlyincludespriorities and decisionsthatincludeanswers to questions like whoultimatelygainsthe most from thewaysourschools, and the curriculum and practiceswithinthem, areorganized and operated. EARLI, Bergen June 13th 2012
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