Education Governance and Privatization in Portugal: Media Coverage on Public and Private Education

Autor/inn/en	Antunes, Fátima; Viseu, Sofia
Titel	Education Governance and Privatization in Portugal: Media Coverage on Public and Private Education
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 27 (2019) 125, (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Antunes, Fátima) ORCID (Viseu, Sofia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-2341
Schlagwörter	Governance; Access to Education; Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Privatization; Private Schools; Ideology; Mass Media; News Reporting; Economic Factors; Contracts; Government Role; Equal Education; Disadvantaged; Policy Analysis; Public Education; Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Access; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Private school; Privatschule; Ideologie; Massenmedien; News report; Reportage; Ökonomischer Faktor; Vertrag; Politikfeldanalyse; Öffentliche Erziehung; Bildungsentwicklung
Abstract	This paper aims to discuss recent changes in Portugal's education policy. Portugal offers an interesting scenario to study the different ways the economic crisis has brought new opportunities to strengthen the privatization agenda. We specifically focus on media coverage and the contractualization of education services with private schools through 'association contracts'. In the 1980s the Portuguese State through these contracts financed private schools to operate in areas where the public offering was insufficient, thereby ensuring the public access to education and preventing marginalization. Nowadays, however, these contracts are seen as an ideological banner both for and against education privatization. We present an empirical study based on documental analysis of 180 news articles published in the Portuguese media on the changes in the contractualization of education services. The results show two main audiences sustaining distinct societal projects, comprised of a variety of actors, who are either for or against 'association contracts'. The actors justify their positions based on their understanding of the State's role in providing education, the policies involving the right to education and decreasing inequalities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01