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View article: P03.22.A USE OF POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) IN PATIENTS WITH BRAIN TUMOURS AMONG EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER - BRAIN TUMOUR GROUP (EORTC-BTG) SITES
P03.22.A USE OF POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) IN PATIENTS WITH BRAIN TUMOURS AMONG EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER - BRAIN TUMOUR GROUP (EORTC-BTG) SITES Open
BACKGROUND Data on the use of positron emission tomography (PET) among neuro-oncology centers in Europe are scarce. MATERIAL AND METHODS From 06/2024 to 08/2024, a cross-sectional survey among European Organization for Research and Treatme…
View article: School autonomy with accountability as a cross-national policy model: diverse adoptions, practices and impacts
School autonomy with accountability as a cross-national policy model: diverse adoptions, practices and impacts Open
This special issue examines the policy model of School Autonomy with Accountability (SAWA) and its diverse configurations . The focus is on understanding how SAWA reforms shape governance practices and influence educational systems in diff…
View article: Catholic Schools in the Marketplace: Changing and Enduring Religious Identities
Catholic Schools in the Marketplace: Changing and Enduring Religious Identities Open
Despite controversies surrounding faith-based schooling, religious schools continue to play a prominent role in numerous education systems. Nonetheless, empirical research on nonstate religious schools operating in a market context remains…
View article: Unveiling teachers’ work preferences: A conjoint experiment on the implications of school governance reform across three countries
Unveiling teachers’ work preferences: A conjoint experiment on the implications of school governance reform across three countries Open
School governance reforms have changed teachers' work in many aspects and have been associated with increasing teachers' discontent and demotivation. Research on which school policies and organizational practices teachers prefer is scarce …
View article: School Governance Through Performance-Based Accountability: A Comparative Analysis of Its Side Effects Across Different Regulatory Regimes
School Governance Through Performance-Based Accountability: A Comparative Analysis of Its Side Effects Across Different Regulatory Regimes Open
Performance-based accountability (PBA) has gained popularity worldwide due to its promise to strengthen the effectiveness and equity of educational systems. Nonetheless, its implementation does not always generate the expected reactions wi…
View article: Regional policy trajectories in the Spanish education system: Different uses of relative autonomy
Regional policy trajectories in the Spanish education system: Different uses of relative autonomy Open
Federal and highly decentralized political systems open different spaces to interpret, adapt, and enact international policy trends and ideas within the same territory. Spain, a country with a highly decentralized educational system and co…
View article: At the crossroad of performativity and the market: schools’ logics of action under a hybrid accountability regime
At the crossroad of performativity and the market: schools’ logics of action under a hybrid accountability regime Open
School systems are shifting towards forms of post-bureaucratic governance (PBG), implying higher levels of school autonomy, choice, and performance-based management. Under this governance approach, which combines forms of administrative an…
View article: Understanding the Stakes: The Influence of Accountability Policy Options on Teachers’ Responses
Understanding the Stakes: The Influence of Accountability Policy Options on Teachers’ Responses Open
Under test-based accountability, side-effects —including practices to inflate test results, often seen as cheating—are usually associated to so-called high-stakes policies. However, the influence of different types of stakes in the generat…
View article: Markets in Education and School Segregation: Paths of Problematization and Reform
Markets in Education and School Segregation: Paths of Problematization and Reform Open
Over the last years, a broad consensus has been forged regarding the negative impact of market policies on educational equity, especially in terms of school segregation. The preoccupation with the equity effects of educational markets has …
View article: At the crossroad of performativity and the market: Schools' logics of action under post-bureaucratic and hybrid accountabilities
At the crossroad of performativity and the market: Schools' logics of action under post-bureaucratic and hybrid accountabilities Open
School systems are shifting towards forms of post-bureaucratic governance (PBG), implying higher levels of school autonomy, choice, and performancebased management. Under this governance approach, which combines forms of administrative and…
View article: Understanding the Stakes: The Influence of Accountability Policy Options on Teachers' Responses
Understanding the Stakes: The Influence of Accountability Policy Options on Teachers' Responses Open
Under test-based accountability, undesired teachers' responses -including illicit practices to inflate test results- are usually associated to so-called high-stakes policies. However, the influence of different types of stakes in the gener…
View article: Teacher autonomy in the age of performance-based accountability: A review based on teaching profession regulatory models (2017-2020)
Teacher autonomy in the age of performance-based accountability: A review based on teaching profession regulatory models (2017-2020) Open
In recent decades, the governance of educational systems has experienced dramatic changes in many countries. Schools have been given more autonomy whilst being held increasingly accountable at the central level through standardized testing…
View article: Digitalization and beyond: the effects of Covid-19 on post-pandemic educational policy and delivery in Europe
Digitalization and beyond: the effects of Covid-19 on post-pandemic educational policy and delivery in Europe Open
Education has been extremely affected by the coronavirus disease crisis, with almost all countries temporarily closing their schools in 2020. After the first stage of the pandemic, in which national governments focused on guaranteeing the …
View article: Evidence-Based Policy Making and Educational Reform in Nordic Europe: Key Contributions of the POLNET Study
Evidence-Based Policy Making and Educational Reform in Nordic Europe: Key Contributions of the POLNET Study Open
Evidence-based policy making (EBPM) is currently portrayed as the most appropriate approach to public policy formulation. Through EBPM, the locus of decision making is expected to shift from political authorities to networks of experts. EB…
View article: The instrumentation of public subsidies for private schools: Different regulatory models with concurrent equity implications
The instrumentation of public subsidies for private schools: Different regulatory models with concurrent equity implications Open
The availability of public funding for private schools, in both primary and secondary education, has become a common feature in a number of OECD countries. The expansion of public subsidies for privately owned schools has consequences that…
View article: How and why policy design matters: understanding the diverging effects of public-private partnerships in education
How and why policy design matters: understanding the diverging effects of public-private partnerships in education Open
Despite Public-Private Partnerships’ (PPPs) growing popularity within education policy circles, research on their effects yields contradictory results. The understanding of PPP effects is limited by the prevalence of generalist analyses th…
View article: Understanding the PISA Influence on National Education Policies:
Understanding the PISA Influence on National Education Policies: Open
Over the last decades, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has acquired an increasingly relevant and authoritative role in the global governance of education. The influence of the OECD in education owes much t…
View article: Education, globalisation and the state: essays in honour of Roger Dale
Education, globalisation and the state: essays in honour of Roger Dale Open
This book pays tribute to an intellectual giant. The twenty-one succinct chapters comprising the volume, and the variety of scholars who have authored them, are indicative of his intellectual, geographical and intergenerational reach. Thes…
View article: Introduction: Accountability and datafication in education: Historical, transnational and conceptual perspectives
Introduction: Accountability and datafication in education: Historical, transnational and conceptual perspectives Open
Accountability has become a buzzword used not only in media and academic debates, but also at the political, regulatory and legislative levels. This chapter summarizes in conceptual terms the notion of performance-based accountability (PBA…
View article: What’s in a Mechanism? Specifying and Analyzing Global Education Policy through Explanatory Research
What’s in a Mechanism? Specifying and Analyzing Global Education Policy through Explanatory Research Open
After The state and education policy, the most well-circulated work of Roger Dale is the 1999 published paper Specifying globalization effects on national policy: a focus on the mechanisms. This piece has contributed importantly to Dale's …
View article: Education, Globalisation and the State
Education, Globalisation and the State Open
As a sociologist of education, I have always been fascinated by this discipline. I love teaching basic theories of Parsons, Bourdieu, Bernstein or Bowles and Gintis to undergraduates. Unmasking power relations and conflict on and over educ…
View article: Opting for Private Education: Public Subsidy Programs and School Choice in Disadvantaged Contexts
Opting for Private Education: Public Subsidy Programs and School Choice in Disadvantaged Contexts Open
Sociological research on school choice has mostly been dominated by studies analyzing the experiences of middle-class families rather than marginalized or minority populations. Drawing on 8 months of ethnographic case study research, this …
View article: Experimenting with educational development: international actors and the promotion of private schooling in vulnerable contexts
Experimenting with educational development: international actors and the promotion of private schooling in vulnerable contexts Open
International actors are increasingly active in promoting education reforms worldwide, but especially in contexts of vulnerability. As in a zero-sum game, the presence of international actors is expected to compensate for the budgetary and…
View article: The Growth And Spread Of Large-Scale Assessments And Test-Based Accountabilities: A Political Sociology Of Global Education Reforms
The Growth And Spread Of Large-Scale Assessments And Test-Based Accountabilities: A Political Sociology Of Global Education Reforms Open
The Global Education Reform Movement (GERM) is expanding internationally and reaching countries that seemed to be immune to this education reform approach until quite recently. Accordingly, more and more educational systems in the world ar…
View article: Global Education Policy and International Development: New Agendas, Issues and Policies
Global Education Policy and International Development: New Agendas, Issues and Policies Open
Exploring the interplay between globalization, education and international development, this comprehensive introduction surveys the impact of global education policies on local policy in developing countries. With chapters written by leadi…
View article: Global perspectives on high-stakes teacher accountability policies: An introduction
Global perspectives on high-stakes teacher accountability policies: An introduction Open
The aim of this special issue, “Global Perspectives on High-Stakes Teacher Accountability Policies”, is to provide insights into a diverse set of policies focusing on teachers’ accountability, including the underpinning ideas and cultural …