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The field of education policy research is a dense, crowded space owing to its complicated relationship to different intellectual histories and the influence of various ontologies or ‘turns’. These range from the ‘postmodern turn’ and the ‘managerial turn’ to more recently the ‘digital turn’ and the ‘governance turn’. The relationship between policy and politics also makes it a combative space in which vying interest groups engage in intense epistemological wrangling over the purpose of education. Education policy research is a space in which the possibilities and problems of education are not only represented but continually negotiated and contested from the perspective of multiple vantage points and normative commitments. Navigating this messy terrain can therefore be both engrossing and challenging.
To aid comprehension and clarity, this book describes the history, contribution and application of various keywords in the field of education policy research (98 in total), from lofty concepts like ‘genealogy’ and ‘topology’ to more defined, often more problematic terms like ‘deliverology’ and ‘micro-credential’. The book includes keywords that are representative of various sub-disciplines of education policy research, such as ‘environmental and sustainability policy analysis’ and ‘indigenous policy analysis’. The book therefore is designed as a reference, learning and teaching tool to assist students, educators and researchers with:
• complex learning and teaching
• wider and background reading and knowledge building
• critical scholarship and research
• interdisciplinary thinking and writing
• theory development and application
The field of education policy research is a dense, crowded space owing to its complicated relationship to different intellectual histories and the influence of various ontologies or ‘turns’. These range from the ‘postmodern turn’ and the ‘managerial turn’ to more recently the ‘digital turn’ and the ‘governance turn’. The relationship between policy and politics also makes it a combative space in which vying interest groups engage in intense epistemological wrangling over the purpose of education. Education policy research is a space in which the possibilities and problems of education are not only represented but continually negotiated and contested from the perspective of multiple vantage points and normative commitments. Navigating this messy terrain can therefore be both engrossing and challenging.
To aid comprehension and clarity, this book describes the history, contribution and application of various keywords in the field of education policy research (98 in total), from lofty concepts like ‘genealogy’ and ‘topology’ to more defined, often more problematic terms like ‘deliverology’ and ‘micro-credential’. The book includes keywords that are representative of various sub-disciplines of education policy research, such as ‘environmental and sustainability policy analysis’ and ‘indigenous policy analysis’. The book therefore is designed as a reference, learning and teaching tool to assist students, educators and researchers with:
• complex learning and teaching
• wider and background reading and knowledge building
• critical scholarship and research
• interdisciplinary thinking and writing
• theory development and application
The field of education policy research is a dense, crowded space owing to its complicated relationship to different intellectual histories and the influence of various ontologies or ‘turns’. These range from the ‘postmodern turn’ and the ‘managerial turn’ to more recently the ‘digital turn’ and the ‘governance turn’. The relationship between policy and politics also makes it a combative space in which vying interest groups engage in intense epistemological wrangling over the purpose of education. Education policy research is a space in which the possibilities and problems of education are not only represented but continually negotiated and contested from the perspective of multiple vantage points and normative commitments. Navigating this messy terrain can therefore be both engrossing and challenging.
To aid comprehension and clarity, this book describes the history, contribution and application of various keywords in the field of education policy research (98 in total), from lofty concepts like ‘genealogy’ and ‘topology’ to more defined, often more problematic terms like ‘deliverology’ and ‘micro-credential’. The book includes keywords that are representative of various sub-disciplines of education policy research, such as ‘environmental and sustainability policy analysis’ and ‘indigenous policy analysis’. The book therefore is designed as a reference, learning and teaching tool to assist students, educators and researchers with:
• complex learning and teaching
• wider and background reading and knowledge building
• critical scholarship and research
• interdisciplinary thinking and writing
• theory development and application
The field of education policy research is a dense, crowded space owing to its complicated relationship to different intellectual histories and the influence of various ontologies or ‘turns’. These range from the ‘postmodern turn’ and the ‘managerial turn’ to more recently the ‘digital turn’ and the ‘governance turn’. The relationship between policy and politics also makes it a combative space in which vying interest groups engage in intense epistemological wrangling over the purpose of education. Education policy research is a space in which the possibilities and problems of education are not only represented but continually negotiated and contested from the perspective of multiple vantage points and normative commitments. Navigating this messy terrain can therefore be both engrossing and challenging.
To aid comprehension and clarity, this book describes the history, contribution and application of various keywords in the field of education policy research (98 in total), from lofty concepts like ‘genealogy’ and ‘topology’ to more defined, often more problematic terms like ‘deliverology’ and ‘micro-credential’. The book includes keywords that are representative of various sub-disciplines of education policy research, such as ‘environmental and sustainability policy analysis’ and ‘indigenous policy analysis’. The book therefore is designed as a reference, learning and teaching tool to assist students, educators and researchers with:
• complex learning and teaching
• wider and background reading and knowledge building
• critical scholarship and research
• interdisciplinary thinking and writing
• theory development and application
The field of education policy research is a dense, crowded space owing to its complicated relationship to different intellectual histories and the influence of various ontologies or ‘turns’. These range from the ‘postmodern turn’ and the ‘managerial turn’ to more recently the ‘digital turn’ and the ‘governance turn’. The relationship between policy and politics also makes it a combative space in which vying interest groups engage in intense epistemological wrangling over the purpose of education. Education policy research is a space in which the possibilities and problems of education are not only represented but continually negotiated and contested from the perspective of multiple vantage points and normative commitments. Navigating this messy terrain can therefore be both engrossing and challenging.
To aid comprehension and clarity, this book describes the history, contribution and application of various keywords in the field of education policy research (98 in total), from lofty concepts like ‘genealogy’ and ‘topology’ to more defined, often more problematic terms like ‘deliverology’ and ‘micro-credential’. The book includes keywords that are representative of various sub-disciplines of education policy research, such as ‘environmental and sustainability policy analysis’ and ‘indigenous policy analysis’. The book therefore is designed as a reference, learning and teaching tool to assist students, educators and researchers with:
• complex learning and teaching
• wider and background reading and knowledge building
• critical scholarship and research
• interdisciplinary thinking and writing
• theory development and application
The field of education policy research is a dense, crowded space owing to its complicated relationship to different intellectual histories and the influence of various ontologies or ‘turns’. These range from the ‘postmodern turn’ and the ‘managerial turn’ to more recently the ‘digital turn’ and the ‘governance turn’. The relationship between policy and politics also makes it a combative space in which vying interest groups engage in intense epistemological wrangling over the purpose of education. Education policy research is a space in which the possibilities and problems of education are not only represented but continually negotiated and contested from the perspective of multiple vantage points and normative commitments. Navigating this messy terrain can therefore be both engrossing and challenging.
To aid comprehension and clarity, this book describes the history, contribution and application of various keywords in the field of education policy research (98 in total), from lofty concepts like ‘genealogy’ and ‘topology’ to more defined, often more problematic terms like ‘deliverology’ and ‘micro-credential’. The book includes keywords that are representative of various sub-disciplines of education policy research, such as ‘environmental and sustainability policy analysis’ and ‘indigenous policy analysis’. The book therefore is designed as a reference, learning and teaching tool to assist students, educators and researchers with:
• complex learning and teaching
• wider and background reading and knowledge building
• critical scholarship and research
• interdisciplinary thinking and writing
• theory development and application
The field of education policy research is a dense, crowded space owing to its complicated relationship to different intellectual histories and the influence of various ontologies or ‘turns’. These range from the ‘postmodern turn’ and the ‘managerial turn’ to more recently the ‘digital turn’ and the ‘governance turn’. The relationship between policy and politics also makes it a combative space in which vying interest groups engage in intense epistemological wrangling over the purpose of education. Education policy research is a space in which the possibilities and problems of education are not only represented but continually negotiated and contested from the perspective of multiple vantage points and normative commitments. Navigating this messy terrain can therefore be both engrossing and challenging.
To aid comprehension and clarity, this book describes the history, contribution and application of various keywords in the field of education policy research (98 in total), from lofty concepts like ‘genealogy’ and ‘topology’ to more defined, often more problematic terms like ‘deliverology’ and ‘micro-credential’. The book includes keywords that are representative of various sub-disciplines of education policy research, such as ‘environmental and sustainability policy analysis’ and ‘indigenous policy analysis’. The book therefore is designed as a reference, learning and teaching tool to assist students, educators and researchers with:
• complex learning and teaching
• wider and background reading and knowledge building
• critical scholarship and research
• interdisciplinary thinking and writing
• theory development and application
The field of education policy research is a dense, crowded space owing to its complicated relationship to different intellectual histories and the influence of various ontologies or ‘turns’. These range from the ‘postmodern turn’ and the ‘managerial turn’ to more recently the ‘digital turn’ and the ‘governance turn’. The relationship between policy and politics also makes it a combative space in which vying interest groups engage in intense epistemological wrangling over the purpose of education. Education policy research is a space in which the possibilities and problems of education are not only represented but continually negotiated and contested from the perspective of multiple vantage points and normative commitments. Navigating this messy terrain can therefore be both engrossing and challenging.
To aid comprehension and clarity, this book describes the history, contribution and application of various keywords in the field of education policy research (98 in total), from lofty concepts like ‘genealogy’ and ‘topology’ to more defined, often more problematic terms like ‘deliverology’ and ‘micro-credential’. The book includes keywords that are representative of various sub-disciplines of education policy research, such as ‘environmental and sustainability policy analysis’ and ‘indigenous policy analysis’. The book therefore is designed as a reference, learning and teaching tool to assist students, educators and researchers with:
• complex learning and teaching
• wider and background reading and knowledge building
• critical scholarship and research
• interdisciplinary thinking and writing
• theory development and application
The field of education policy research is a dense, crowded space owing to its complicated relationship to different intellectual histories and the influence of various ontologies or ‘turns’. These range from the ‘postmodern turn’ and the ‘managerial turn’ to more recently the ‘digital turn’ and the ‘governance turn’. The relationship between policy and politics also makes it a combative space in which vying interest groups engage in intense epistemological wrangling over the purpose of education. Education policy research is a space in which the possibilities and problems of education are not only represented but continually negotiated and contested from the perspective of multiple vantage points and normative commitments. Navigating this messy terrain can therefore be both engrossing and challenging.
To aid comprehension and clarity, this book describes the history, contribution and application of various keywords in the field of education policy research (98 in total), from lofty concepts like ‘genealogy’ and ‘topology’ to more defined, often more problematic terms like ‘deliverology’ and ‘micro-credential’. The book includes keywords that are representative of various sub-disciplines of education policy research, such as ‘environmental and sustainability policy analysis’ and ‘indigenous policy analysis’. The book therefore is designed as a reference, learning and teaching tool to assist students, educators and researchers with:
• complex learning and teaching
• wider and background reading and knowledge building
• critical scholarship and research
• interdisciplinary thinking and writing
• theory development and application
In this introduction, we reflect on writing, arguing and thinking as vital meaning-making activities driven by different ethical and normative commitments. These reflections are used to support a view of education policy research as fraught with ambiguity and therefore a view of the field as messy epistemological/ontological work. In turn, we outline the purpose and design of the book with a focus on the selection and significance of the keywords described and their importance to tracing these complex intellectual histories and their influence on the contemporary field of education policy research. Here we explain the political and personal choices that have shaped the structure and content of the book as well as outline the benefits of the book as a conceptual toolbox to supplement learning and understanding.
