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School readiness and the good level of development: Policy constructions in English early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper critically analyses how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explores how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
wiley   +1 more source

Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis, Ciro Cangiano, Alessandro Lovari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of service quality in bureaucracy: Parkinson's theory at work [PDF]

Parkinsons law states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion and that the number of administrators in an office is bound to increase over time.
Jochimsen, Beate
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Principals’ Ordeal with Bureaucracy

, 2020
The purpose of this study is to reveal how school principals position themselves against bureaucracy and investigate their conceptions of bureaucracy in public education system.
Mikail Yalçın, Ahmet Aypay, Adnan Boyacı
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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

The making of competitive bureaucracy: A case of bureaucratic reform in West Java province

Cogent Social Sciences, 2017
In this study, bureaucratic reform is understood as the practice of power operating through discursive process, that is, through the creation of a claim of truth on certain reform model, which subsequently is followed by disciplining practice to ...
Caroline Paskarina
doaj   +1 more source

‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton, Barbara Adewumi, Laura R. Bailey, Jacob W. Moore, Lauren‐Marie Aba Amoah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

INFLUENCE OF BUREAUCRACY ON THE ORGANIZATION OF MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY: A HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS

Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна Серія: «Право», 2019
The article deals with the terms “bureaucracy” and “bureaucracy”; opinions of various developers of the theory of bureaucracy are given; it is indicated that for a long time in our country, studies on bureaucracy were significantly limited; the state of
Tetyana Kahanovska
doaj   +1 more source

Theoretical Dialectic of Bureaucracy VS Post-Bureaucracy: Filling the Bureaucracy Gap through the Presence of Post-Bureaucracy

GEMA PUBLICA
The dialectic between bureaucracy and post-bureaucracy in public administration has given rise to various interpretations that often criticize the limitations  of conventional bureaucracy and encourage the adoption of the post-bureaucracy model. This study aims to analyze the theoretical dialectic between the two paradigms with a focus on identifying ...
Idrus Mohamad Thomas Mopili, Asna Aneta
openaire   +1 more source

Bridging home, school and community to address educational inequality: Supporting educational trajectories through community bridge work

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the role of community stakeholders in supporting the educational trajectories of students experiencing socio‐economic disadvantage in the Irish context. Building on international and national policy debates, the study examines how community‐based organisations, statutory services and outreach initiatives work alongside ...
Aoife Joy Keogh, Deirdre McGillicuddy
wiley   +1 more source