Handbook of Education Policy Research

Gary Sykes, Barbara Schneider, David N. Plank, Gary Sykes, Barbara Schneider, David N. Plank

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780415989916
• eBook ISBN: 9781135856465
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Co-published by Routledge for the American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Educational policy continues to be of major concern. Policy debates about economic growth and national competitiveness, for example, commonly focus on the importance of human capital and a highly educated workforce. Defining the theoretical boundaries and methodological approaches of education policy research are the two primary themes of this comprehensive, AERA-sponsored Handbook.

Organized into seven sections, the Handbook focuses on (1) disciplinary foundations of educational policy, (2) methodological perspectives, (3) the policy process, (4) resources, management, and organization, (5) teaching and learning policy, (6) actors and institutions, and (7) education access and differentiation.

Drawing from multiple disciplines, the Handbook's over one hundred authors address three central questions: What policy issues and questions have oriented current policy research? What research strategies and methods have proven most fruitful? And what issues, questions, and methods will drive future policy research? Topics such as early childhood education, school choice, access to higher education, teacher accountability, and testing and measurement cut across the 63 chapters in the volume. The politics surrounding these and other issues are objectively analyzed by authors and commentators.

Each of the seven sections concludes with two commentaries by leading scholars in the field. The first considers the current state of policy design, and the second addresses the current state of policy research.

This book is appropriate for scholars and graduate students working in the field of education policy and for the growing number of academic, government, and think-tank researchers engaged in policy research.

For more information on the American Educational Research Association, please visit: http://www.aera.net/.

Author Index

A

Aaronson, D., 52, 74, 778

Abbott, A., 750, 786

Abdal-Haqq, I., 618

Abd-El-Khalick, F., 672

Abedi, J., 184, 589, 761

Abelmann, C. H., 319

Abelson, H., 391

Aber, J. L., 658

Abercrombie, K., 602

Abernathy, S. F., 67, 309, 480, 736, 795, 800, 801

Abrams, L. M., 471, 751, 754

Acemoglu, D., 51

Achilles, C. M., 32, 125, 196, 333, 376, 429, 430, 431, 458, 529

Achinstein, B., 471, 472

Achinstein, B., 546

Acland, H., 73, 372, 542, 661

Adams, B., 88

Adams, E. K., 753

Adams, J. E., 353

Adams, J. E., Jr., 465

Adams, O. L., 682

Adamson, F., 31, 492

Adcock, E. P., 465

Addonizio, M. F., 701

Adelman, C., 204, 892, 895, 922, 924, 930, 931, 933, 934

Adler, M., 496

Adler, P. S., 416, 417, 496

Adlung, R., 723

Adorno, T. W., 222, 223, 231

Agar, M., 85

Agbo, S. A., 90

Aghion, P., 41

Agodini, R., 672

Ahearn, E. M., 481, 683, 749

Ahlburg, D. A., 934, 937

Ahlquist, G., 263

Ahlstrom, S. E., 806

Ainsworth-Darnell, J. W., 252

Airasian, P. W., 464, 754

Akers, J., 573

Akiba, M., 86, 87, 901, 967

Akom, A. A., 242

Aladjem, D., 166, 172, 382

Albee, A., 736

Alderman, H., 44

Alejano, C., 459

Alexan...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Section I. Social Science Disciplines and Education Policy Research
• Section II. Conducting Policy Research: Methodological Perspectives
• Section III. Politics and the Policy Process
• Section IV. Policy Implications of Educational Resources, Management, and Organization
• Section V. Teaching and Learning Policy
• Section VI: Actors and Institutions in the Policy Process
• Section VII. Educational Access and Differentiation
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• The Editors
• The Contributors
• The Reviewers