Buch, Englisch, Band 37, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
Reihe: Comparative and International Education: Diversity of Voices
School Choice in Chile and Finland
Buch, Englisch, Band 37, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
Reihe: Comparative and International Education: Diversity of Voices
ISBN: 978-94-6300-260-8
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers
The wide range of sociologists of education contributing to this book offer novel analyses and perspectives on the operation of school choice in Chile, the trailblazer, and Finland, the ‘European PISA leader’. Agnès van Zanten’s description of how school choice operates as a major dimension of social reproduction sets the scene. After that, Chilean and Finnish authors explore how the policy is displayed and used explicitly for very different societal purposes, although implicitly following similar patterns in the two countries with their histories, politics and cultures. Empirically the focus is on how families view and act on school choice. The research material includes large surveys, interviews and ethnographic data gathered in urban Chile and Finland. Capitalising on the concept of dynamics, the book concludes with some insights into how this globally travelling education policy has materialised in two apparently dissimilar societies and their localities.