Standards Are Good (For) Business: Standardised Comparison and the Private Sector in Education

Autor/in	Steiner-Khamsi, Gita
Titel	Standards Are Good (For) Business: Standardised Comparison and the Private Sector in Education
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 14 (2016) 2, S.161-182 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
DOI	10.1080/14767724.2015.1014883
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Academic Standards; International Schools; International Education; Global Approach; Educational Policy; Private Sector; Comparative Education; Partnerships in Education; Educational Change; Quality Assurance; Educational Quality; Educational Practices; Best Practices; Educational Finance; Economic Factors; Indonesia; Mongolia; Qatar + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; International school; Internationale Schule; Internationale Erziehung; Globales Denken; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Privater Sektor; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Bildungsreform; Qualitätssicherung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsfonds; Ökonomischer Faktor; Indonesien; Mongolei; Katar
Abstract	The article examines how and why the method of "comparison against standards" has benefited non-state actors and businesses in the education sector. Drawing on brief examples from international standard schools in Qatar, Indonesia and Mongolia, the author examines how the global education industry uses the reference to "international standards" as a selling point to roll out their own school reform package. Besides a critical examination of the selling points, she also explores why governments find the purchase of products and services from businesses appealing. Finally, she analyses how governments justify the purchase of expensive educational products and services that they otherwise would receive for free or at a considerably lower price. The author frames her analyses against the backdrop of theories on policy borrowing/lending as well as methodological discussions in the field of comparative education. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01