Qualitative Approaches to Policy Research in Education
Contesting the Evidence-Based, Neoliberal Regime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3755582 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Monica Reid Kerrigan (0000-0001-6641-7034, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA, corresponding author), A T Johnson (0000-0002-9848-2727, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 287-295 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764218819693 |
| OpenAlex | W2906331692 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 27 |
This issue highlights problems with the neoliberal research regime in education policy-one that marginalizes, homogenizes, and dismisses communities, critical voices, and methodologies that could improve educational practice. We argue for greater methodological diversity in policy studies when engaging in research conceptualization, applying theoretical frameworks, collecting data, undertaking data analysis, and critiquing the researcher's epistemological standpoint and positionality in order to redress these deficits in understanding and representation. Indeed, we suggest that qualitative research plays an important role in also contesting the positivist regime in that it empowers those affected by policy, particularly voices often placed in the margins of policy, and contests a methodological hegemony that privileges a neoliberal paradigm in education. Each article in this issue situates a methodological approach within the praxis of education research, describes an essential departure from the quantitative "gold standard" in policy analysis and research, and provides pedagogical evidence of its application to a specific policy. The introduction of this special issue underscores the need for diverse methodological approaches to understanding the complexity of education policy, provides overviews of the articles, and ends by considering the significance of the issue to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners
Conceptualization · Education policy · Educational research · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Hegemony · Higher education · Policy analysis · Political science · Politics · Positivism · Praxis · Public relations · Qualitative research · Redress · Social science · Sociology · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Public Administration · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Qualitative Data Analysis for Applied Policy Research
Reframing Public Policy
Qualitative Methods for Health Research
Behind closed doors
In the roiling smoke
Big Policies/Small World
Improving Educational Research
Relocating the Deficit
Brief History of Neoliberalism
Assessing No Child Left Behind and the Rise of Neoliberal Education Policies
Scientific Culture and Educational Research
The Politics of Evidence
Using Qualitative Research to Bridge Research, Policy, and Practice
Artifice or integrity in the marketization of research impact? Investigating the moral economy of (pathways to) impact statements within research funding proposals in the UK and Australia
The elephant in the living room
Attributing Causality in Qualitative Research
Can Qualitative Researchers Answer Policymakers' What-Works Question
The Importance of Qualitative Research for Causal Explanation in Education
This is Your Father's Paradigm
Neoliberal Education Reform and the Perpetuation of Inequality
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |