Policy Studies for Educational Leaders
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-615727-4 (ISBN)
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The third edition of this comprehensive text has been updated to include the most recent educational policy current events and research. Chapter 12 now includes a lengthy discussion of the No Child Left Behind Act while Chapter 3 now includes new economic information that takes into account the expected downturn of the business cycle and the impact of the war in Iraq. The book also contains new research on implementers as learners as well as research on the challenges of scaling programs up from one or from a few sites to many.
Other mainstay features of this text include end-of-chapter learning and review exercises; two appendices of URLs that aid students in locating policy information online; a new emphasis on policy on the state level; and a glossary that helps students understand the nomenclature of the of the educational policy field.
Chapter 1 Policy - What It Is and Where It Comes From
Why Study Policy?
Defining Policy
The Transformation of the Education Policy Environment
The Policy Process
The School Leader and Policy Studies
Chapter 2 Power and Education Policy
Defining Power
Discourse and Power
The Three-Dimensional Model of Power
Power in Educational Settings
Ethical Issues Surrounding Power
Chapter 3 The Economy and Demographics
Why Analyze the Policy Environment?
The Economic Environment
Demographics and the Policy Environment
Implications for Education Policy
How About Large New Investments in Schools?
Chapter 4 The Political System and Political Culture
The Importance of the Less Obvious
The U.S. Political System
Implications of the Political System for School Leaders
Political Culture
Chapter 5 Values and Ideology
The Importance of Ideas
Basic Values in U.S. Politics
Values Interacting with Each Other
Ideology
Major U.S. Ideologies
Other Ideologies
School Leaders Caught in Ideological Crossfire
Chapter 6 The Major Education Policy Actors
The Dramatis Personae of the Policy Drama
Goverment Actors
Nongovernmental Policy Actors
Identifying and Learning About Policy Actors
Counteracting "Swiss-Cheese Journalism"
Chapter 7 Setting the Stage and Getting On It: Issue Definition and Agenda Setting
Perception and Reality in the Policy Process
Issue Definition: Setting the Stage
The Policy Agenda
School Leaders and the Early Stages of the Policy Process
Chapter 8 Getting the Words and the Money: Policy Formulation and Policy Adoption
The High Visibility Stages of the Policy Process
Policy Formulation and Adoption in Legislatures
Policy Formulation and Adoption in Administrative Agencies
Policy Formulation and Adoption in the Courts
Influencing Policy Formulation and Adoption
Chapter 9 Looking at Policies: Policy Instruments and Cost Effectiveness
Learning to Analyze Public Policies
Lowi's Techniques of Control
McDonnell and Elmore's Policy Instruments
Cost Analysis and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Chapter 10 Policy Implementation: Getting People to Carry Out a Policy
The Surprising Difficulty of Implementation
The Research on Implementation
How to Implement a New Policy
Implementing Unpopular Policies
Chapter 11 Policy Evaluation: Determining If the Policy Works
A Nervous-Making Topic
Definitions Associated with Policy Evaluation
A Brief History of Educational Policy Evaluation
Characteristics of Policy Evaluations
Facilitating Meaningful Policy Evaluations
Acting on an Evaluation Report
Chapter 12 Education Policy in the United State: Retrospective and Prospective
If We Aren't in Kansas, Where Are We?
Four Theoretical Frameworks
Retrospective on U.S. Education Policy
Is No Child Left Behind the New Paradigm?
Glossary
Appendix A Useful Web Sites for Following Education Policy
Appendix B How to Locate Government Web Sites for Specific States
References
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.5.2008 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 229 x 161 mm |
| Gewicht | 649 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-13-615727-0 / 0136157270 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-13-615727-4 / 9780136157274 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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