By: Laura Elizabeth Pinto

Hardcover

Click on the Google Preview image above to read some pages of this book!

This first full account of curriculum policy formulation in 1990s Ontario helps readers understand the real-life experiences of policymakers both within the province and internationally.Having worked as a policy analyst for the Government of Ontario, a public school teacher, and a university professor, author Laura Elizabeth Pinto is uniquely positioned to tackle the key issues of policy formulation: the politics and tensions among different policy actors; the relationships between democracy in education and in policy formation; and the hidden role of privatization.Based on interviews with key policy actors, including ministry bureaucrats, curriculum policy writers, stakeholder consultation participants, and political staffers, Curriculum Reform in Ontario provides a critique of conventional policy formulation processes. Pinto also suggests possibilities for more participatory approaches to policy formulation that can better support the critical role played by schools in creating democratic societies.

Table of Contents PrefaceChapter 1: The Ideal of Critical-Democrative Policy Production Chapter 2: The Politics of 'Common Sense' Policy Production Chapter 3: Restructuring Education Chapter 4: HIdden Privatization in the Institutional Culture: Policy Actors, of 'Hired Guns'? Chapter 5: Policy Writers, Power and Politicization: Were the Books Already Cooked Chapter 6: Citizen (Dis)Engagements in Selection and Consultations Chapter 7: Perceived Policy Outcomes and their Absense of Democracy Chapter 8: An Exploration of Possibilities: Porto Alegre, Brazil as an Analytic Foil Contrasting Ontario Chapter 9: ConclusionReferences Appendix A: Policy Actor Profiles Appendix B: Understanding and Participating in Curriculum Change Appendix C: Ministry of Education Organization Chart, 1999 Appendix D: Policy Formulation Timeline End Notes

ISBN: 9781442661547
ISBN-10: 1442661542
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 256
Published: 22nd March 2012
Dimensions (cm): 23.9 x 16.0  x 2.1
Weight (kg): 0.52