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Education by the Numbers and the Making of Society

Education by the Numbers and the Making of Society PDF Author: Sverker Lindblad
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351586084
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Book Description
International statistical comparisons of nations have become commonplace in the contemporary landscape of education policy and social science. This book discusses the emergence of these international comparisons as a particular style of reasoning about education, society and science. By examining how international educational assessments have come to dominate much of contemporary policymaking concerning school system performance, the authors provide concrete case studies highlighting the preeminent role of numbers in furthering neoliberal education reform. Demonstrating how numbers serve as ‘rationales’ to shape and fashion social issues, this text opens new avenues for thinking about institutional and epistemological factors that produce and shape educational policy, research and schooling in transnational contexts.