Education Policy, Theories, and Trends in the 21st Century: International and Israeli Perspectives

Preface.- 1. Introduction to Education Policy.- 1.1 Definitions and basic concepts.- 1.2 Public education in the 21st century.- 1.3 Values ​​and ideologies in education.- 1.4 Summary of the chapter.- References.- 2. The Policy Process: The Design of Education Policy.- 2.1 Power, politics, and agenda setting.- 2.2 Key players and the social construction of the target population.- 2.3 Decision-making processes and ethical aspects of decision making.- 2.4 Summary of the chapter.- References.- 3. The Policy Process: Implementation of Education Policy.- 3.1 Policy instruments.- 3.2 Field effects on implementation.- 3.3 Evaluation of education policy.- 3.4 System change and education reform.- 3.5 Summary of the chapter.- References.- 4. The Policy Process: Contextual Factors.- 4.1 Demographic and economic aspects.- 4.2 Political culture.- 4.3 National culture and social cohesion.- 4.4 Summary of the chapter.- References.- 5. Contemporary Discourse in Education Policy in the 21st Century: Problems.- 5.1 Public education in crisis.- 5.2 Bureaucratic structure and central government.- 5.3 Poor professionalization in teaching.- 5.4 Inequality in education.- 5.5 Summary of the chapter.- References.- 6. Contemporary Discourse in Education Policy in the 21st Century: Solutions.- 6.1 Promoting school effectiveness.- 6.2 Promoting teaching as a profession.- 6.3 Promoting equality in education.- 6.4 Summary of the chapter.- References.- 7. Criticism of education policy as a field of knowledge.- 7.1 Criticism of the basic assumptions and conceptualization of studies in education policy.- 7.2 Criticism of comparative studies in education policy.- 7.3 Criticism of evaluation studies in education policy.- 7.4 Summary of the chapter.- References.