Synopses & Reviews
Education systems in Europe have been undergoing profound changes within the last few years. New actors, procedures, and arenas of policymaking have emerged which strongly affect today's education systems. Although traditionally assumed to be a genuinely 'national' policy field, international initiatives and programmes - among the most prominent ones being the PISA study for secondary education and the Bologna Process for higher education - have triggered fundamental reforms in many countries. This book focuses on educational outcomes and actors' reactions on internationalization. Including quantitative evaluation of a large set of OECD countries as well as seven qualitative case studies (Germany, France, England, Spain, Switzerland, USA, and China), Internationalization of Education Policy provides timely insights into a dynamic and highly contested policy field.
Synopsis
This book investigates and discusses the phenomenon of internationalization of education policy and its consequences for national policymaking processes. By comparing educational outcomes and actors' reactions in different countries, it provides detailed insights into a highly contested policy field.
About the Author
Kerstin Martens is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Bremen, Germany. She co-edited Transformation of Education Policy with A.K. Nagel, M. Windzio and A. Weymann.
Philipp Knodel is a Research Fellow in the TranState Research Center at the University of Bremen, Germany.
Michael Windzio is Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Bremen, Germany. He co-edited Transformation of Education Policy with K. Martens, A.K. Nagel and A. Weymann.
Table of Contents
1. Outcomes and Actors' Reactions on Internationalization in Education Policy: A Theoretical Approach; Philipp Knodel, Kerstin Martens and Michael Windzio2. Achievement vs. Equality: What Determines PISA Performance for Whom?; Janna Teltemann3. Sweeping Change - But Does It Matter? The Bologna Process and Determinants of Student Mobility; Timm Fulge and Eva Maria Vögtle4. After the Big Bang: German Education Policy in the Wake of the PISA Study and the Bologna Process; Dennis Niemann5. French Education Politics after PISA and Bologna: Rupture or Continuité?; Michael Dobbins6. On Silent Wings: PISA, Bologna, and the Debate about Internationalization in England; Philipp Knodel7. New Culture, Old System: Reactions on Internationalization in Spanish Education Policy; Marie Popp8. Cooperation or Conflict? Education Politics in Switzerland after the PISA Study and the Bologna Process; Tonia Bieber9. A New Internationalization Trend? The PISA Study, the Bologna Process and US Education Policy; Tonia Bieber, Michael Dobbins, Timm Fulge and Kerstin Martens10. Joining the World of Education? China's Reaction to Internationalization Pressures; Alexander Akbik, Kerstin Martens and Chenjian Zang11. Reforming Education Policy: Governance, Outcomes, and the Logics of Reactions; Michael Windzio, Philipp Knodel and Kerstin Martens