Education Governance and Social Theory

Andrew Wilkins is Reader in Education at the University of East London, UK.Antonio Olmedo is Reader in Education Policy Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK, and Honorary Reader at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK.

A fine contribution to the field of education governance ... it certainly makes for a great introductory text for postgraduate, doctoral, and early career researchers, as asserted in the series editor’s foreword, but such is its merit, I feel, that it is an appropriate read for even the most advanced and celebrated scholars ... The greatest strength of this book is that it will encourage readers to consider the interests, motives, and intentions of those in power- there is ample evidence in this book to give cause for concern.

• Foreword, (Kenneth J. Saltman, University of Massachusetts, USA)Introduction: Conceptualising Education Governance: Framings, Perspectives and Theories (Andrew Wilkins, University of East London, and Antonio Olmedo, University of Bristol, UK)Part I: Data Regimes1. Digitizing Education Governance: Pearson, Real-time Analytics, Visualisation, and Machine Intelligence (Ben Williamson, University of Stirling, UK)2. Learning Personalization: Technics, Disorientation and Governance (Greg Thompson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)3. Dispositions and Situations of Governance: The Example of Data Infrastructure in Australian Schooling (Sam Sellar, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, and Kalervo N. Gulson, University of New South Wales, Australia)Part II: Evaluation Regimes4. Exploring the Role of School Inspectors in Implementing and Shaping Inspection Policy: A Narrative Approach (Jacqueline Baxter, The Open University, UK)5. How Can Transnational Connection Hold? An Actor-Network Theory Inspired Approach to the Materiality of Transnational Education Governance (Nelli Piattoeva, University of Tampere, Finland)Part III: Knowledge Regimes6. Revealing Market Hegemony through a Critical Logics Approach: The Case of England’s Academies (Natalie Papanastasiou, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)7. Test-based Accountability and the Rise of Regulatory Governance in Education: A Review of Global Drivers (Antoni Verger, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and Lluís Parcerisa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)8. Making Education News in Chile: Understanding the Role of Mediatization in Education Governance Through a Bourdieuian Framework (Eduardo Santa Cruz, Universidad de Chile, and Cristian Cabalin, Universidad de Chile, Chile)Part IV: Institutional Regimes9. Preschool Teacher Agency and Professionalism: A Bourdieuian Approach to Education Governance (Ondrej Kašcák, Trnava University, and Branislav Pupala, Trnava University, Slovakia) 10. Ever Greater Scrutiny: Researching the Bureaucracy of Educational Accountability (Mark Murphy, University of Glasgow, UK) 11. Transformation and Control: What Role for Leadership and Management in a ‘School-led System’? (Howard Stevenson, University of Nottingham, UK)Index