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Emerging discourses within the English 'choice advice' policy network.
- Source :
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London Review of Education . Nov2009, Vol. 7 Issue 3, p249-260. 12p. 1 Diagram. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- This paper examines regulating discourses 'spoken' within the complex multi-sector network of educational policy and provision that has grown from a recent introduction of choice advisers in England. Choice advice documentation from across the network is examined and four discursive themes are identified: equity; parental responsibility; independence/impartiality; and realism. The paper suggests that choice advice - as an English policy case illustrating broader social and political trends - superficially promotes empowerment for disadvantaged parents with a depoliticised, managerial approach while disempowering them by diverting attention away from wider stratification and shifting responsibility for educational quality away from the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *EDUCATION policy
*CONTENT analysis
*EDUCATIONAL quality
*SOCIAL networks
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14748460
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- London Review of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 45141186
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14748460903290249