Interventions in Education Systems Reform and Development

by Scott, David; Posner, C. M.; Martin, Christopher; Guzman, Elsa

• ISBN13: 9781474293563
• ISBN10: 1474293565
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-06-30
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Interventions in Education Systems draws on research conducted in England, Mexico, Singapore and Finland to illuminate reform processes to education systems in a range of contexts, to develop a better understanding of intervention processes and to promote the development of more sophisticated models for reforming education systems. The authors compare policy implementations and interventions in countries with different socio-economic profiles and different levels of development, highlighting how these processes in practice all too frequently are side-tracked and distorted, often unintentionally, by political, economic and social forces.

Author Biography

David Scott is Professor of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

Charles Posner was Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK, Founding Director of the Instituto de Investigación Educativa y Desarrollo de Nayarit, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Mexico and Professor at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico.

Christopher Martin is Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Education, University of London, UK, and Consultant to education reform programmes with the Ministry of Education, Mexico. He is also Associate Fellow of the Virtual University of Guadalajara, Mexico.

Elsa Guzman is a member of the Institute of Adult Education, Mexico.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Education Reforms
1. Implementation Myopia
2. Internal Changes and the Workings of Education Systems
3. A History of International Organisations in Education
4. Corporative Change in Mexico
5. Experiments and Interventions in the English Education System
6. Statism and the Singapore Model
7. Finland's Education Revolution
Conclusion: How Education Systems Work
Notes
References
Index