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To examine how secondary schools interpret, translate, and actively elaborate national educational policies within their specific institutional settings rather than simply implementing them.

July 1, 2010Journal of Education Policy

Policy enactments in the UK secondary school: examining policy, practice and school positioning

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ABAnnette BraunUniversity College London MMMeg MaguirePublic and Science SBStephen J. BallUniversity of Essex

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Qualitative case study reveals diverse policy translation and contextual elaboration across secondary schools, highlighting how institutional culture actively reshapes educational mandates.

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To examine how secondary schools interpret, translate, and actively elaborate national educational policies within their specific institutional settings rather than simply implementing them.
Conducted a policy audit across four secondary case study schools located in south-east England.
Investigated the uptake and contextual operationalization of the English government's personal learning and thinking skills policy across two of the case study schools.
Demonstrated that policy enactment involves active interpretation and translation by diverse school-level actors rather than uniform implementation.
Identified substantial school-based policy elaboration, with individual schools generating distinct versions of policy initiatives driven by institutional culture, ethos, and situated local necessities.

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Braun et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a105a14d478ddac0ffcc0f3 https://doi.org/10.1080/02680931003698544

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Qualitative case study reveals diverse policy translation and contextual elaboration across secondary schools, highlighting how institutional culture actively reshapes educational mandates.

Policy enactments in the UK secondary school: examining policy, practice and school positioning

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Policy enactments in the UK secondary school: examining policy, practice and school positioning

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