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Record Nr.

UNINA9910377817303321

Autore

Rasmussen Annette

Titolo

Cultivating Excellence in Education : A Critical Policy Study on Talent / / by Annette Rasmussen, Christian Ydesen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-33354-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 pages)

Collana

Educational Governance Research, , 2365-9548 ; ; 12

Disciplina

371.102

Soggetti

Educational policy

Education and state

Educational sociology

Higher education

International education 

Comparative education

Educational sociology 

Education and sociology

Educational Policy and Politics

Sociology of Education

Higher Education

International and Comparative Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1. Studying the cultivation of excellence and talent in education -- 2. Education and talent in an international, conceptual history perspective -- 3. Talent and educational differentiation in Denmark -- 4. Talent class activities in a Danish school context; 5. Identification and classification of the talented students -- 6. Teaching in the talent classes -- 7. Policy perceptions of talent activities among local teachers -- 8. Excellence, Talent and Education in a Global Perspective -- 9. Concluding discussion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book critically analyses the current education political strategy of cultivating excellence in education. It shows how the new policy for



selecting talented students in Denmark deconstructs the compromise from which the comprehensive school was built and reduces equal opportunities. It discusses how the current practice of measurement, selection and guidance of talented students brings about significant changes in education policies, in pedagogic practices, a restructuring of school organisations, and changed requirements of teachers. It explains how the internal differentiation of education systems based on self-selection and free choice, but also on new assessment techniques, tends to widen the inequality gap between students. The analysis clearly shows the relationship between the circulation of new ideas and normative frameworks at international level, and their transfer into national policies, while situating these developments in a socio-historical perspective. The book illustrates by means of a concrete case study with important empirical data that demonstrate the reality and influence of this new policy on the day-to-day work of teachers.