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Improving education through policy learning is an important notion for countries in need of educational reform. However, identifying a successful set of practices and transferring them from one national setting to another is a complex exercise. Drawing from their extensive experience, the authors explore a single case study of policy transfer in India, demonstrating how and under what conditions educational reforms can be put into practice successfully and sustainably. Coverage includes: • Policy Learning • Inclusive Practices • School Autonomy and School Leadership • India and its system of education This book offers a unique, international perspective on educational reform and is a useful resource for teachers, policy makers and postgraduate level students.
Policy learning
Policy learning
Throughout this book we have been concerned with policy learning, and we understand this as identifying a set of practices which are considered to be successful in one national setting and then transferring them to another national setting, in which a problem or need has been identified. The policy that has been transferred is thought to be a solution to the problem or potentially able to meet this need, with the act of transfer understood as a learning activity. Previously, such models were thought of exclusively as processes of borrowing policy from other relevant countries or jurisdictions, and then turning these policies into practices, which were subsequently implemented.
The first of the models (P1), referred to in Chapter 1, and developed by ...
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