Stephen Ball's contributions to the education policies

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https://doi.org/10.22633/rpge.v23i1.11947

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Stephen J, Ball, Education policies, Education research, Policy Cycle.

Abstract

In considering the importance of approaches to educational policies that critically analyze the trajectory of social and educational policies in the search to evaluate the results and effects of these policies, notably in the context of neoliberalism, the objective is to discuss the theoretical-analytical method developed by Stephen J. Ball. With focus from the field of Sociology of Education or the "Sociology of Policies", called Policy Cycle Approach and Theory of policy enactment recognized in Brazil as Theory of interpretation / translation of politics in the context of practice, Stephen Ball made expressive contribution of the approach to discussions in the field of educational policies. To meet the general objective of the research, the theoretical-methodological productions of Prof. Dr. Stephen J. Ball, notably in the 2003 - 2013 decade; the main concepts discussed by the author in the context of the sociology of policies were identified, and content analysis procedures based on Franco (2008) were carried out.

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Regina Célia Linhares Hostins, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí

Mestrado e Doutorado em Ciências da Educação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC (2000; 2006). Pós-doutorado na University College of London, Inglaterra (2013). Professora e pesquisadora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (Univali). Coordenadora do grupo de Pesquisa Observatório de Políticas Educacionais – Univali. Diretora de Educação na Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (Univali).

Olívia Rochadel, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí

Graduação em Pedagogia pela Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (2013). Mestrado em Educação pela Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (2015). Doutorado em Educação pela Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (em andamento).

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02/01/2019

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HOSTINS, R. C. L.; ROCHADEL, O. Stephen Ball’s contributions to the education policies. Revista on line de Política e Gestão Educacional, Araraquara, v. 23, n. 1, p. 61–84, 2019. DOI: 10.22633/rpge.v23i1.11947. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/rpge/article/view/11947. Acesso em: 27 jul. 2024.

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