Cultivating Excellence in Education - A Critical Policy Study on Talent (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)

This book critically analyses the current education political strategy of cultivating excellence in education. It shows how the new policy for selecting talented students in Denmark deconstructs the compromise from which the comprehensive school was built and reduces equal opportunities. It discusses how the current practice of measurement, selection and guidance of talented students brings about significant changes in education policies, in pedagogic practices, a restructuring of school organisations, and changed requirements of teachers. It explains how the internal differentiation of education systems based on self-selection and free choice, but also on new assessment techniques, tends to widen the inequality gap between students. The analysis clearly shows the relationship between the circulation of new ideas and normative frameworks at international level, and their transfer into national policies, while situating these developments in a socio-historical perspective. The book illustrates by means of a concrete case study with important empirical data that demonstrate the reality and influence of this new policy on the day-to-day work of teachers.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Educational Governance Research, 12
Release date:	February 2021
First published:	2019
Authors:	Annette Rasmussen • Christian Ydesen
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	131
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-033356-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General
LSN:	3-03-033356-6
Barcode:	9783030333560

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