Researching the Once-Powerful in Education: The Value of Retrospective Elite Interviewing in Education Policy Research

Autor/in	Selwyn, Neil
Titel	Researching the Once-Powerful in Education: The Value of Retrospective Elite Interviewing in Education Policy Research
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Policy, 28 (2013) 3, S.339-352 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0939
DOI	10.1080/02680939.2012.728630
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Educational History; Educational Sociology; Research Methodology; Educational Change; Interviews; Federal Legislation; Educational Research; Politics of Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungssoziologie; Erziehungssoziologie; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Bildungsreform; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Bundesrecht; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Educational policy; Großbritannien
Abstract	While it is generally acknowledged that being "historically informed" lies at the heart of critical accounts of education policy-making, the use of historically focused retrospective research methods within the field is rare. This paper makes the case for retrospective research at a time when some of the most significant episodes of post-war educational policy-making are fast passing into the realms of not-so-recent history. In particular, it is argued that current policy scholars now have an opportunity to revisit the issues and concerns regarding the formation of the "New Right" education policy reforms 30?years ago. Drawing on the experiences of a recently completed study of educational policy-making during the 1979-1983 Thatcher administration, it is argued that retrospective methods offer a surprisingly rich opportunity to collect primary data from the policy elites of the 1980s. It is concluded that the time is right for the production of a useful addendum to the founding studies of educational policy sociology that were conducted at the time. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10