The Morphogenesis of the Norwegian Educational System: Emergence and Development from a Critical Realist Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780367756772 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 236 str.

Margaret S. Archer; Unn-Doris K. Bæck; Tone Skinningsrud

Opis

Based in the philosophy of critical realism, this book employs a range of Margaret Archer’s theoretical concepts, from morphogenetic cycles and the emergence of educational systems at the macro level, to the exercise of reflexivity among individuals at the micro level, to investigate temporal and spatial aspects of Norwegian education.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part I: Morphogenetic cycles, the contextualization of education and educational development  2. The structures of state educational systems and why they matter: Norway and Denmark compared  3. A letter by the Sámi Lutheran missionary Thomas von Westen: A critical realist perspective on contextualization  4. Vindicating Archer’s concepts of educational systems – centralized and decentralized – as exemplars of critical realist theorizing  Part II: The spatial context of educational mechanisms  5. Towards a critical realist ontology for spatial education analysis  6. Structural constraints on teachers’ work: Comparing work experiences in rural and urban settings in Northern Norway  7. Reflexivity and educational decision-making processes among secondary school pupils  Part III: External and internal conditioning of educational interaction and practice  8. The impact of PISA on education in Norway: A morphogenetic perspective on structural elaboration in an education system  9. School leaders’ reflexive mode in their internal conversations on PISA  10. The worldwide language issue in education