This study examines the reference societies of Norway and Sweden embedded in their
education policy documents. We examined 4,260 bibliographic references in 19 white …

In the face of the complexities of problem-solving, experts are gaining centrality in
policymaking. At the same time, they are increasingly challenged in their legitimacy, which is …

The article investigates how and when the two first movers in knowledge-based regulation–
the OECD and the World Bank–developed policy brokerage as an instrument of global …

The OECD is an inevitable force in contemporary education. This paper illustrates how the
OECD affects recent education policy-making in Iceland with a particular focus on recent …

Major international surveys and reports have considerably altered the expectations and
outlooks of national policymakers in education over the last three decades. Through a …

The use of evidence has become central to national educational policymaking in the Nordic
countries. The word evidence signals a solid empirical foundation upon which politicians …

In the Nordic countries, which have traditionally been characterized as corporatist in their
political models, ad hoc advisory commissions have played a significant role in …

Education policy has a significant impact on how kindergartens, schools and other
educational institutions are run. In working with these institutions, it is interesting to study …

Studien undersöker spridningen av policyinstrumentet'Speciella lekgrupper'(SL)
inomsvensk förskola, med fokus på hur inkluderingspolicys sprids, omformas och …

Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg hvordan beslutninger begrunnes i utdanningspolitikken,
og legger føringer for omgivelsene rundt seg. Ved å bruke «lærelyst» som et «kikkhull» på …