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The Political Scientist as a Critical Friend: A Comment on Flinders
Abstract In liberal democracies, the very essence of political science is to be a critical friend. It is both legitimate and rewarding to engage in policy relevant studies. It is not banal, technocratic, or oppressive to do research into pressing social issues and to provide advice on the effectiveness or desirability of policy interventions, or to ...
Mark Bovens
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Academic challenges comprise effective means for (i) advancing the state of the art, (ii) putting in the spotlight of a scientific community specific topics and problems, as well as (iii) closing the gap for under represented communities in terms of accessing and participating in the shaping of research fields.
Hugo Jair Escalante +1 more
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The “boy problem” in public policy
Abstract The article investigates how gender differences in school performance are conceptualized in recent Swedish and Norwegian public commission reports against the backdrop of an increasing public focus on “problem boys” and boys' underachievement in school as a policy challenge. We found substantive country differences, despite regime similarities
Cathrine Holst, Mari Teigen
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Moving from everyday life to school as a learning arena : an academization of traditional knowledge [PDF]
The topic of this paper is the school’s responsibility in the intersection between traditional and academic knowledge. The focus is on Sámi traditional knowledge, traditional ways of learning and the school as an area for learning. The heading indirectly
Høier, Jorun
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This article examines the shaping of agricultural higher education in Sweden during the interwar and war years. More specifically, it conveys the conflicting views on the training of agronomists expressed in discussions that informed the 1932 decision to
Lundin, Per,
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The academization of midwifery education entails novel challenges. To second the transition process, the Heb@AR App is an innovative Augmented Reality (AR) training application.
Blattgerste,Jonas +8 more
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Akademisering av högre musikerutbildning : En navigering mellan autonomi och anpassning
Akademiseringen spelar en central roll i professionaliseringen av skilda yrkesområden (Dellgran & Höjer 2017). Övergången från praktikbaserad till forskningsbaserad högskoleutbildning har uppmärksammats inom exempelvis vård, utbildning, socialt ...
Georgii-Hemming, Eva,
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This paper investigates the academization of library and information science (LIS)educators in Australia from 1959 to 2008. Extensive data document the distribution of these academics in Australian higher education institutions over fifty years: from a ...
Boell, Sebastian K +7 more
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Mapping the methodological field of discourse analysis in music education research. A review study, part I [PDF]
In this article we present early findings of a review study about the use of discourse analysis in music education research. The review study is part of a research project on discourses of academization and the music profession in higher music education (
Rolle, Christian +2 more
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‘Academic Leadership’ and the Conditions of Academic Work
For those concerned with teaching and scholarly work in higher education now, talk of ‘academic leadership’ is everywhere. In the UK, at any rate, it seems so: scanning academic jobs pages, looking at Research Councils’ funding schemes, examining government policy documents on higher education, consulting university promotions and appraisals procedures,
Richard Allen, Suman Gupta
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