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The study of common and diverse effects in the field of education across Europe is a growing field of inquiry and research. It is the result of many actions, networks and programmes over the last few decades and the development of common European education policies. Europeanizing Education describes the origins of European education policy, as it metamorphosed from cultural policy to networking support and into a space of comparison and data. The authors look at the early development and growth of research networks and agencies, and international and national collaborations. The gradual increase in the velocity and scope of education policy, practice and instruments across Europe is at the heart of the book.

Contents

1. Introduction

   A Single Space? Comparison and Complexity; Networks and Standards; The Creation of the European Education Space; The Importance of 'Soft': networks, space and meaning; Concluding: main points of the argument

2. Research and Policy in European Education: the first stage

   Europe in Competition; Mid-Twentieth-Century European Research Formation; Research Projects; Developing European Research Institutions and Skills; UNESCO and the Comparativists; The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and Surveys; The International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) and Educational Statistics; The Idea of a Common Project; Janne Report; Conclusion

3. Chaotic Uniformity: the rise of the European dimension in education, 1970-2000

   Governing by Cooperation; Culture and Affinity; From Chaotic Uniformity to Networked Cooperation

4. Governing Education: the use of persuasive and unobtrusive power in the European Union

   Introduction; Governing Associations Softly; Associations and Networks; Experts and Associations - EERA; Building a Platform: fluidity and stability in EERA; Finding a Platform - EERA; Idea of the Space and the Platform; Conclusion

5. Governance by Experts and Standards?

   Using Experts; Ideas Brokers; Building a System through Standards; Assembling a Learning Space: data and platforms; Final Point

6. Second Wave Policy in European Union Education, 2000-2010

   From Education to Learning: the role of data; Measuring Europe: Lisbon (2000) and after; 'Key Data on Education in Europe': an overview of the Eurydice Reports of 2000, 2002 and 2005; Conclusion

7. The New Political Work of Calculating Education

   Constructing Data: European agencies; Eurostat; Eurydice; Constructing Europe: the role of actors; Concluding Comments

8. The OECD as an Agent of Europeanization in Education: the impact of international education assessment tools

   Introduction; OECD and the Politics of Comparison; The Programme for International Student Assessment; The Case of Finland; The Case of Germany; The Case of the United Kingdom; PISA and Europe; Discussion

9. School Self-evaluation as Travelling Policy across Europe: the role of the Scottish Inspectorate and SICI

   Introduction; From the View of the Local: school self-evaluation in Scotland; SSE as a Travelling Policy: the Role of SICI; SICI: the beginnings; Self-Evaluation and SICI; Discussion

10. Conclusions

    Notes - References - Notes on the Authors