教育政策活动中的价值问题

教育政策活动中,政策价值选择和价值实现往往面临许多矛盾和冲突,如结构与功能的矛盾、价值与事实的矛盾、强势与弱势的矛盾、利益与代价的矛盾等.这些矛盾冲突导致形成了教育政策活动中的主要价值问题,如政策选择的模式、政策决策的尺度、弱势补偿、政策代价等.认识、分析和解决这些问题,是保证教育政策获得合法性和有效性的前提.     

何如璋与新朝鲜政策的实施

在清政府新朝鲜政策形成和实施的过程中，驻日公使何如璋是一个关键性的人物。他的对朝外交思想和实践，直接导致了《朝美通商条约》的签定，从而对朝鲜乃至东亚的局势都产生了深远的影响。与此同时，何如璋的外交思想和清政府的新朝鲜政策，又具有介于传统与现代之间的过渡性特征，其成败得失都与此密切相关。     

浅析"法轮功"邪教成员的心态及相应的帮教政策

本文试从分析"法轮功"构成群体的特征入手,分析其加入"法轮功"的不同目的和心态.对症下药,制订出相应的帮教政策,使之不仅从政治上,而且从思想上彻底根除"法轮功".     

试论WTO规则与我国教育立法政策的完善

WTO教育规则对各成员国的教育立法与政策产生了重要的影响。我国加入WTO以后,面临着怎样为适应WTO的教育规则而完善教育立法与政策的问题。为解决这个问题,必须对WTO的教育规则有较为全面、深入的了解,对照我国现行教育立法与政策情况,要采取有力措施废止、修改与WTO规则不相适应的教育立法,以完善我国教育立法政策。     

西方发达国家政府采购法制的流变与成因

政府采购法制发端于西方发达国家，并随经济、政治实践的变化而变迁，其演变有着内在逻辑规律。仅就成因与规范而言，其规律表现为：财经政策工具是政府采购法制衍生的最初动因，凯恩斯理论之国家实践是政府采购法制的发展动力，新公共管理理论及实践标志着政府采购法律体系的形成。     

区域推进:农村地区实现义务教育均衡发展的基本策略——政策学视角的分析

实现义务教育均衡发展是我国基础教育发展的重要政策目标。国家相关政策体系的建立、“普九”工程的初步完成以及“以县为主”管理体制的建立都为区域推进提供了可能性和现实基础。因此,区域推进是实现农村地区义务教育均衡发展的基本策略。而区域推进必需依靠区域教育政策主体的主动性、政策体系的完善性以及政策执行过程中的有力保障。     

School effectiveness or the horizon of the world as a laboratory

The present paper aims to provide an account of the genesis and development of a collection of scientific work that has received strong international recognition – the paradigm of school effectiveness. It shows how this theory, based on the design of measurement tools, has gradually influenced educational management and policies in promoting the effectiveness and quality of educational systems. In mobilising allies, setting up laboratories and extending its networks into major international organisations, school effectiveness research has contributed to the emergence of a new form of governance of education systems at a European level and to the promotion of new assessment methods of research in education.     

How schools tackle bullying,and the use of whole school policies: changes over the last decade

Surveys were carried out to assess the UK government’s anti‐bullying pack Don’t suffer in silence in 1996 (after the first edition) and 2002 (after the second edition), to investigate what schools are doing about bullying, and the effect of anti‐bullying policies becoming a legal requirement. Schools in England were approached, randomly but within the constraint of having a spread across geographical regions. In 1996 109 schools and in 2002 148 schools were asked about school policy, interventions, and bullying frequency. Most schools moved from having a bullying policy as part of a broader policy on behaviour and discipline, to having a separate anti‐bullying policy. More schools attempted to survey the extent of bullying and there were changes in the use of particular interventions. Most interventions were rated as moderately useful. Some variations in use and satisfaction between different school levels were found. The implications of anti‐bullying work at schools and its success are discussed.     

English language learning and education policy in Chile: can English really open doors for all?

To date, knowledge of English in Latin America has reflected existing political and economic power structures. It has remained the preserve of the elite with access to private schooling, and as such it demarcates and divides social groups by reinforcing an unequal distribution of wealth, resources, and knowledge. However, the number of people learning English as a foreign language is growing across the region. This article analyses the “English Opens Doors Programme” in Chile, which aims to improve national economic competitiveness and promote equitable access to English language learning in all publicly funded schools. The article examines this initiative within the context of Chilean education policy since 1990, thereby acknowledging the influence of different stakeholders in this process, and the tensions between education for economic growth and education for social justice in a highly segmented and marketised system.     

Considering ‘best practice’: the social construction of teacher activity and pupil learning as performance

Since the 1997 election of the Labour Party to political power in the UK the foci for educational change have been widespread. One area that has received particularly intense scrutiny is that of teacher activity. In particular, the profession has seen a marked rise in the identification of ‘best practice’. As a term ‘best practice’ has entered the parlance of English educational policy to describe that which seemingly has ‘official’ approval. This paper uses a social constructionist perspective to consider how increases in pupil attainment on national tests are currently used to demonstrate better pupil learning. Specifically, it identifies that the use of such data to describe the plausibility, veracity and legitimacy of teaching before the test as ‘best practice’ is questionable. In so doing, the critique argues that ‘best practice’ confers and retains legitimacy due to its self‐perpetuation within the discourse of performance. The paper concludes by offering three areas for further research and debate.