Annette Rasmussen

Evaluering har spillet en stadig større rolle i den offentlige sektor de seneste årtier, og politiske tiltag og reformer evalueres som standard for at vurdere deres værdi. Denne grundbog i evaluering giver et samlet overblik over området og spiller en dobbelt rolle: For det første beskrives, hvordan evaluering af offentlig politik og administrativ praksis har ændret sig de seneste år, herunder hvordan de politiske vinde påvirker måden at evaluere på, og omvendt hvordan evalueringsbølgen påvirker måden at føre politik på. For det andet præsenteres de mest centrale måder at evaluere på. Bogen giver dermed en praktisk indføring i evalueringshåndværket for nuværende og kommende evaluatorer samt offentligt ansatte, der selv skal bestille evalueringer. Redigeret af Thomas Bredgaard, lektor ved Institut for Statskundskab, AAU.

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. Thebook 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.

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. Thebook 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.

Viden om læring og læreprocesser spiller i dag en central rolle i mange forskellige sammenhænge og danner baggrund for vurderinger og afgørelser med vidtrækkende betydning. Dette gælder ikke mindst inden for pædagogik og didaktik, udvikling af læringsressourcer, organisationsudvikling, arkitektur og design af uddannelsesinstitutioner, samt lovgivning og reformarbejde inden for uddannelse, undervisning og pædagogik. AT UNDERSØGE LÆRING fokuserer med afsæt i empiriske undersøgelser på, hvordan man kan udforske læring og læreprocesser, og hvilke krav man bør stille til forskningsprocessen. Dermed behandler bogen også det fundamentale spørgsmål om, hvad man kan forstå ved viden om læring og læreprocesser. Bogens temaer og spørgsmål udgør tilsammen de dele i vidensproduktionens maskinrum , som skal spille sammen for at tilvejebringe videnskabelig viden. Forfatterne inddrager eksempler fra aktuel uddannelsesforskning samt fra forskning knyttet til udviklingen af teorier om læring generelt.