Making a Difference -- in Theory -- in Sweden and the UK

Autor/in	Allan, Julie
Titel	Making a Difference -- in Theory -- in Sweden and the UK
Quelle	In: Education Inquiry, 5 (2014) 3, S.319-335, Artikel 24609Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-4508
DOI	10.3402/edui.v5.24609
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Theories; Government Role; Teacher Role; College Faculty; Ethics; Social Justice; Equal Education; Educational Vouchers; International Cooperation; Teacher Education; Democratic Values; Inclusion; Cultural Pluralism; Politics of Education; Qualitative Research; Evidence Based Practice; United Kingdom; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Lehrerrolle; Fakultät; Ethik; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Inklusion; Kulturpluralismus; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Qualitative Forschung; Großbritannien; Schweden
Abstract	This article considers the place of theory within education in two contexts -- Sweden and the UK -- and advances the argument that both governments and academics themselves have contributed to a 'theoryless' education. Examples are offered from the fate of education science in Sweden and, in the UK, from responses to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and from the actions of a group of independent academics charged with producing guidelines for assessing qualitative research. Work with the Council of Europe in which theory was used to guide discussions with Government Ministers is described and the paper ends with some proposals for enabling academics to engage more fruitfully with theory. These involve a framework of ethics, informed by Levinas, and a 'creative ontology', developed by Simons and Masschelein. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01