Comparative Studies in Educational Policy Analysis (Contemporary Research in Education)

Reagan, Timothy G.

ISBN 10: 1617358169 / ISBN 13: 9781617358166

Published by Information Age Publishing, 2012

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2012. Paperback. . . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comparative Studies in Educational Policy Analysis (Contemporary Research in Education)
• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617358169
• ISBN 13: 9781617358166
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book has a pedagogical goal in mind; it is not a scholarly work so much as an applied text informed by scholarship and research. The book’s goal is to provide individuals who are teaching courses in comparative and international education, educational administration, educational policy, and politics of education with a supplementary text that can be used to help their students develop skills in policy analysis, evaluation and development. As is explained in the book, the problem that we face with respect to having students engage in “hands-on” study of particular cases is that by focusing on real cases, students are faced with either virtually unlimited data, or insufficient data (or, indeed, paradoxically with both problems). In addition, students come to such cases with all sorts of preconceptions that can cloud judgment in a host of ways. By making use of fictitious case studies, though, we can carefully limit the amount of data with which students need to deal, and we can also minimize the challenges presented by the “baggage” that students might bring with them about particular real nations.

About the Author

Timothy Reagan is currently Visiting Professor of Educational Leadership at Central Connecticut State University. He has previously been a faculty member at Galluadet University, Central Connecticut State University, the University of Connecticut, Roger Williams University, and the University of the Witwatersrand. He has also served as the Associate Dean of the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut, Dean of the School of Education at Roger Williams University, and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of the Witwatersrand. His areas of interest include educational policy studies and the education of cultural and linguistic minority groups. Reagan co-authored "Becoming a Reflective Educator: How to Build a Culture of Inquiry in the Schools", another Corwin Press book that contributes to the authors illustration of leadership in dynamic schools.