social policy in education
- To enhance the development of
(b) education and training of people with disabilities or special educational needs through academic and applied teaching and research and sufficient use of the new technologies as well as under consideration of the principles of intercultural education.
An international review of how policy, delivery and funding affect early learning and childcare provision.
This three-year research project, funded by the ESRC and the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) compares the use of school inspection as a form of governing of education in the three systems of Sweden, Scotland and England, in the context of current changes in inspection practices in Europe.
Education is crucially important for later outcomes but has received limited attention in comparative research on welfare states. In light of this, we present an exploratory analysis of education systems across fourteen EU countries and the US. This builds on existing work on educational institutions, educational outcomes and welfare regimes. We focus on institutional features associated with inequality of educational opportunity, including academic selection, tracking and public/private provision; on educational outcomes; and on education expenditure. Our quantitative analysis identifies four clusters of countries: the Nordic, Continental, Mediterranean and English-speaking, which bear similarities to those identified in the welfare states literature. Each ‘education regime’ is associated with particular institutional features, educational outcomes and levels of public expenditure. Our analysis suggests that further comparative research on education, viewed as a key component of the welfare state, is warranted.
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References:
http://www.socialpolicy.ed.ac.uk/explore/education
http://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-social-policy/article/welfare-regimes-and-education-regimes-equality-of-opportunity-and-expenditure-in-the-eu-and-us/FA4E3A17EB8B629945F5623C26B1119C
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