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Policy as boundary object: a new way to look at educational policy design and implementation
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Emad, G and Roth, W-M, Policy as boundary object: a new way to look at educational policy design and implementation, Vocations and Learning, 2 pp. 19-35. ISSN 1874-785X (2009) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
DOI: doi:10.1007/s12186-008-9015-0
Abstract
Policy implementation research in general and educational policy in
particular is loosely connected to policy-making processes. There is a gap
particularly in the field of vocational education. This often leads to conflicts and
contradictions between policy-maker objectives and end-user implementation. To
avoid such a disconnect, the relation between the world of end users and the world
of decision-makers should be carefully constructed. This might be done through
connecting the process of decision-making to implementation and carefully
developing methods that encompass the demands of decision-makers and the needs
and informational requirements of end users. Our intensive case study research on
the process of a vocational education reform in the marine sector confirms that the
lack of robust connection and active engagement of implementers as the end-users in
the design of the policy created challenges for its implementation. Using a
theoretical framework based on the notion of boundary objects we bring an
alternative to current practice by creating the potential to illuminate and remove
tensions and challenges for policy implementation. From there we infer that adopting
this concept for policy design may prevent such conflicts and contradictions and
result in successful implementation.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Maritime domain . Vocational education . Boundary organization . Educational policy . Boundary objects . Policy design . Policy implementation |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Higher education |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Schools and learning environments |
Objective Field: | Schools and learning environments not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Emad, G (Dr Reza Emad) |
ID Code: | 115425 |
Year Published: | 2009 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 19 |
Deposited By: | Seafaring |
Deposited On: | 2017-03-23 |
Last Modified: | 2017-04-20 |
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