Global Education Policy, Impact Evaluations, and Alternatives The Political Economy of Knowledge Production /

• Main Author: Edwards Jr., D. Brent (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Public policy.; Legislative bodies.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Latin America-Politics and government.; Public Policy.; Legislative and Executive Politics.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Latin American Politics.

This book contributes to how we conceptualize and investigate the role and influence of knowledge production by international organizations within the field of global education reform. After elaborating on what it means to approach the intersection of these issues from a political economy perspectiv...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Knowledge production, the World Bank, and Global Education Reform
• 3. Critically Reviewing Impact Evaluations within the Political Economy of Global Education Reform
• 4. Methods
• 5. The Reform Context of El Salvador: Structural Transformation During a Civil War
• 6. EDUCO's Emergence
• 7. Impact Evaluations of EDUCO: A Critical Review
• 8. What Can We Say About EDUCO?
• 9. Implications: National and International
• 10. Conclusions: Persistent Limitations and Alternative Approaches.                                                                                                                     .