PISA, policy and the OECD : respatialising global educational governance through PISA for schools /: respatialising global educational governance through PISA for schools. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven Lewis.
• Authors: Lewis, Steven
• Contents: Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- 1 (Re)Considering the 'Practical Value' of Comparison -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Purpose of the Research -- The Research Data -- Significance of the Research -- Structure of the Book -- References -- 2 The Evolving State of the OECD and PISA -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The OECD and Its Education Policy Work -- PISA for Schools: The Assessment -- PISA for Schools: The School Report -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Topological Relations of Governance -- Abstract -- Introduction From Government to Governance -- Governing Through Heterarchy -- Topological Rationality and the 'Becoming Topological' of Culture -- New Scales and Spaces of Globalisation -- Power-Topologies -- Using Topology to Understand Educational Governance -- Policy Sociology: Policy as Text and Discourse -- Accounting for New Policies, People and Places -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 New Networks: Policy, Philanthropy and Profit -- Abstract -- Introduction -- 'We Want to Do PISA': Responding to US School-Level Pressure -- Assembling the PISA for Schools Policy Network Counting the Cost of PISA for Schools -- Funding and Delivering PISA for Schools -- 'Bringing People Together': The Role of America Achieves -- 'Treat This as a Product': The Role of Edu-business in PISA for Schools -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 New Cartographies: Relocating Schools in Topological Policy Spaces -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Achieving School-Level Relevance Through New Audiences -- 'Reaching Out Farther': Increasing the OECD's Policy 'Reach' -- Measure, then Improve: Determining the Data that Counts -- Commensuration and Crises of Perception Local School = International School System? -- Constructing Isomorphism in PISA for Schools -- 'Better Than Finland': Promoting World-Class Status -- Creating Difference Through Similarity -- PISA 'Yet to Come' -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 New Evidence: Governing Schooling Through 'What Works' -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Defining 'What Works' Through PISA for Schools -- The Power of the Example -- Proposing 'Best Practice' -- Problematising Best Practice -- Contesting Best Practice -- Governing Schooling Through Communities of Practice -- Fostering Data-Driven Dispositions A More Educative Appropriation of PISA for Schools? -- 'Talking Back' Through PISA for Schools -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 New Topological Spaces and Relations of the OECD's Global Educational Governance -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Empirical -- The Theoretical -- The Methodological -- (Re)Thinking Schooling Accountability -- Implications for Policy and Practice -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 379; Education and state; Education and globalization; Electronic books; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811582851; 9811582858
• Related ISBNs: 981158284X; 9789811582844
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 02, 2020).
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