Emerging discourses within the English 'choice advice' policy network
This paper examines regulating discourses 'spoken' within the complex multi-sector network of educational policy and provision that has grown from a recent introduction of choice advisers in England. Choice advice documentation from across the network is examined and four discursive theme...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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UCL Press
2009-10-01
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| Series: | London Review of Education |
| Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=4cbf9fa8-060c-4f0a-b22a-bbb6e6400c91 |
| Summary: | This paper examines regulating discourses 'spoken' within the complex multi-sector network of educational policy and provision that has grown from a recent introduction of choice advisers in England. Choice advice documentation from across the network is examined and four discursive
themes are identified: equity; parental responsibility; independence/impartiality; and realism. The paper suggests that choice advice – as an English policy case illustrating broader social and political trends – superficially promotes empowerment for disadvantaged parents with
a depoliticised, managerial approach while disempowering them by diverting attention away from wider stratification and shifting responsibility for educational quality away from the state. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-8479 |