The New Institutionalism in Education

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The New Institutionalism in Education brings together leading academics to explore the ongoing changes in K–12 and higher education in both the United States and abroad. The contributors show that current educational trends—including the increased globalization of education, the growing emphasis on educational markets and school choice, the rise of accountability systems, and the persistent influence of business groups like textbook manufacturers and test makers on educational policy—can best be understood when ...
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The New Institutionalism in Education brings together leading academics to explore the ongoing changes in K–12 and higher education in both the United States and abroad. The contributors show that current educational trends—including the increased globalization of education, the growing emphasis on educational markets and school choice, the rise of accountability systems, and the persistent influence of business groups like textbook manufacturers and test makers on educational policy—can best be understood when observed through an institutional lens. Because schools and universities are organizations that are stabilized by deeply institutionalized rules, they are subject to the enduring problem of substantive educational reform. This book gives researchers and policy analysts conceptual tools and empirical assessments to gauge the possibilities for institutional reform and innovation.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780791469057
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publication date: 10/28/2006
  • Pages: 234
  • Product dimensions: 6.10 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Table of Contents


List of Illustrations     vii
Acknowledgments     ix
Institutional Analysis and the Study of Education   Heinz-Dieter Meyer   Brian Rowan     1
The New Institutionalism and the Study of Educational Organizations: Changing Ideas for Changing Times   Brian Rowan     15
Varieties of Institutional Theory: Traditions and Prospects for Educational Research   Charles E. Bidwell     33
The Rise and Decline of the Common School as an Institution: Taking "Myth and Ceremony" Seriously   Heinz-Dieter Meyer     51
The School Improvement Industry in the United States: Why Educational Change Is Both Pervasive and Ineffectual   Brian Rowan     67
The Institutional Environment and Instructional Practice: Changing Patterns of Guidance and Control in Public Education   James Spillane   Patricia Burch     87
The New Institutionalism Goes to the Market: The Challenge of Rapid Growth in Private K-12 Education   Scott Davies   Linda Quirke   Janice Aurini     103
Growing Commonalities and Persistent Differences in Higher Education: Universities between Global Models and National Legacies   Francisco O. Ramirez     123
How Private Higher Education's Growth Challenges the New Institutionalism   Daniel C. Levy     143
Institutional Change in Education: Evidence from Cross-National Comparisons   David P. Baker     163
Breaking the Institutional Mold: Faculty in the Transformation of Chilean Higher Education From State to Market   Andres Bernasconi     187
Lessons Learned and Future Directions   Brian Rowan     203
Gauging the Prospects for Change   Heinz-Dieter Meyer     217
List of Contributors     225
Index     229
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