An Ecology Metaphor for Educational Policy Analysis: A Call to Complexity

Autor/in	Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B.
Titel	An Ecology Metaphor for Educational Policy Analysis: A Call to Complexity
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 37 (2008) 3, S.153-167 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X08318050
Schlagwörter	Figurative Language; Policy Analysis; Ecology; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Educational Research; Operations Research; Concept Formation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politikfeldanalyse; Ökologie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung
Abstract	Educational policy might productively be conceptualized with an ecology metaphor. Each policy, thus considered, exists within a complex system that reflects varied international, national, regional, and local dynamics. Using this metaphor provides policy analysts with a view of the regularities and irregularities of any policy, its process, its texts, its reception, and its degree of implementation. The characteristics of policy ecologies alert analysts to the possibilities of great transformation, for good or ill, and give them a way to conceptualize how such transformations occur. Perhaps most important, using an ecology metaphor suggests specific ways that progressive researchers might positively intervene in the policy process. (Contains 1 figure.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10