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Power, Politics and Priorities for Comparative and International Education - BAICE Conference 2014

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The 2014 BAICE conference will be held from 8 - 10 September, 2014 at the University of Bath on the theme of “Power, Politics and Priorities for Comparative and International Education.” The conference challenges participants to consider how comparisons are used as part of wider political agendas, to investigate power relationships in educational policy and practice, and to critically consider priorities for contemporary research.  Papers will focus on the following sub-themes:

Penny Enslin 'Measuring up in Education' in Melbourne

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Professor Penny Enslin was a keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, December 2013, and here is seen with Professor David Beckett of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education.

Writing with Mary Tjiattas of North Carolina State University, Penny’s presentation made a case for measurement that avoids feedback loops that corrupt what they set out to measure, with reference to metrics of justice that foster global educational opportunity.

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