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Author Pinto, Laura Elizabeth.

Title Curriculum reform in Ontario : 'common sense' policy processes and democratic possibilities / Laura Elizabeth Pinto.

Publication Info. Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 248 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-239) and index.
Contents Preface -- The ideal of critical-democrative policy production -- The politics of 'Common Sense' policy production -- Restructuring education -- Hidden privatization in the institutional culture: policy actors, of 'Hired Guns'? -- Policy writers, power and politicization: were the books already cooked -- Citizen (dis)engagements in selection and consultations -- Perceived policy outcomes and their absence of democracy -- An exploration of possibilities: Porto Alegre, Brazil as an analytic foil contrasting Ontario -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: policy actor profiles -- Appendix B: understanding and participating in curriculum change -- Appendix C: ministry of education organization chart, 1999 -- Appendix D: policy formulation timeline.
Summary "This first full account of curriculum policy formulation in 1990s Ontario helps readers understand the real-life experiences of policymakers both within the province and internationally. Having worked as a policy analyst for the Government of Ontario, a public school teacher, and a university professor, author Laura Elizabeth Pinto is uniquely positioned to tackle the key issues of policy formulation: the politics and tensions among different policy actors; the relationships between democracy in education and in policy formation; and the hidden role of privatization. Based on interviews with key policy actors, including ministry bureaucrats, curriculum policy writers, stakeholder consultation participants, and political staffers, Curriculum Reform in Ontario provides a critique of conventional policy formulation processes. Pinto also suggests possibilities for more participatory approaches to policy formulation that can better support the critical role played by schools in creating democratic societies."--Publisher's website.
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Subject Education, Secondary -- Curricula -- Ontario -- Planning -- Case studies.
Education, Secondary -- Curricula.
Ontario.
Planning.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Curriculum planning -- Ontario -- Case studies.
Curriculum planning.
Education and state -- Ontario -- Case studies.
Education and state.
Curriculum change -- Ontario.
Curriculum change.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Pinto, Laura Elizabeth. Curriculum Reform in Ontario : 'Common Sense' Policy Processes and Democratic Possibilities. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2000 9781442661547
ISBN 9781442661554 (electronic book)
1442661550 (electronic book)