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Wong, Jessie Ming Sin; Rao, Nirmala – Journal of Education Policy, 2022
This paper critically examines parents' and service providers' reception of the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS), which was designed to enhance the quality of early childhood education in Hong Kong. The PEVS was a universal voucher policy that was designed to harness market forces and increase direct governmental control of quality in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Educational Vouchers, Government Role
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Mausethagen, Solvi; Granlund, Lise – Journal of Education Policy, 2012
This article addresses constructions and redefinitions of teacher professionalism by focusing on the discursive negotiations between the government and the teachers' union in Norway. Based on an examination of three white papers on teacher education from the past 15 years and policy documents put forth by the Union of Education Norway during the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unions, Teaching (Occupation), Professional Recognition