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Fabricating Quality in European Education


Publications

Denmark: Conference Papers
Andersen, V.N., Dahler-Larsen, P. and Pedersen, C.S. (2007) QAE in the public arena, ECER, Ghent, Sep 2007.

Dahler-Larsen P (2007) Language in evaluation: transfer of knowledge or creation of meaning, Odense Conference, October 2007.

Pedersen C (2007) Studying Constitutive Effects, Odense conference, October 2007

Pedersen C (2007) Evaluative knowledge in a risk perspective, Odense conference, October 2007

Andersen V and Pedersen C (2007) Professional Knowledge vs. Evaluation-based Knowledge, Odense conference, October 2007

Dahler-Larsen P (2007) All Unintended Effects Will Be Removed by the Authorities! Or: New paradigms for the understanding of evaluative knowledge?, NERA conference presentation, 2007

Pedersen C (2008) QAE and the Teaching profession in Denmark, ECER, Gothenburgh , Sep 2008.

Pedersen C (2008) Evaluation’s Influence on Teacher’s Practices, European Evaluation Society, Lisbon, Sep 2008.

Pedersen C (2008) The Impact of Quality Assurance and Evaluation - From the Teachers' Point of View, American Evaluation Association, Denver, Nov 2008.
Denmark: Book Chapters
Dahler-Larsen, P (2007) Constitutive effects of performance indicator systems, in S Kushner (ed.) Dilemmas of Engagement: Evaluation Development under New Public Management and the New Politics, New York: Elsevier.

Andersen, V.N. and Dahler-Larsen, P (2008) ’The Framing of Public Evaluation Data: Transparency and Openness in Danish Schools, in J Breul, R Boyle og P Dahler-Larsen (eds) Open to the Public: Evaluation in the Public Arena.
Denmark: Published Papers
Andersen, V. N., Dahler-Larsen, P., and Pedersen, C. S. (2009) QAE in Denmark, Special Issue Journal of Education Policy, 24(2), pp. 135-147.
Finland: Conference Papers

Simola, H. (2007) Laadunvarmistus ja arviointi koulutuspolitiikkana – the Finnish schooling meets GERM (Global Education Reform Movement) [Quality assurance and evaluation as education policy - the Finnish schooling meets GERM (Global Education Reform Movement), Keynote address to The Finnish Headmasters’ Association in Heinola, June 2007

Pitkanen H (2007) Comprehensive schools governed by evaluations, version #2, ECER pre-conference presentation, Sep 2007

Kauko J and Varjo J (2007) Quality assurance and evaluation of Finnish comprehensive education in historical perspective, ECER pre-conference presentation, Sep 2007

Hannu Simola, Risto Rinne, Janne Varjo, Jaakko Kauko & Hannele Pitkänen (2007) Quality Assurance and Evaluation (QAE) in Finnish Basic Schooling – a national model or just the unintended effects of radical decentralisation?, ECER, Ghent , Sep 2007

Hannus S (2008) Peruskoulujen uusi hallinnan tapa ja laadun arviointi.[Comprehensive schools’ new mode of governing and quality evaluation], The National Sociological and political science research conference 2008, March 2008

Simola H (2008) Wishful Rationalism and the Double Bind – Reform Discourse, Teacher Education and Classroom Work in the Era of Quality Assurance and Evaluation, The 10th Nordic Teacher Education Conference, POWER:Forms, Dynamics and Consequences, May 2008

Rinne, R, Simola H & Mäkinen M (2008) The good, the bad or the insignificant? Teachers´ views of Quality Assurance and Evaluation in the Finnish top-ranked comprehensive school, ECER, Gothenburg, Sep 2008

Hannus, S. and Simola, H. (2008) A Multidimensional Theoretical Frame to Study Power and Governance in Comprehensive Schools, POWER conference, Tampere, Sep 2008

Simola, H., Rinne, R., Varjo, J., Pitkänen, H. & Kauko, J. (2008) Peruskoulutuksen laadunvarmistus ja -arviointi: kansallinen malli vai radikaalin hajautuksen tahaton tulos? Kasvatustieteen päivät [[Quality assurance and evaluation of compulsory education: A national model or an unintended result of radical decentralization?], The National conference of Education, Turku, Nov 2008

Finland: Working Papers
Kauko, J. (2007) Quality assurance and evaluation in Finnish comprehensive education. Historical perspective from the 1970s to present, Working paper, Feb 2007

Simola, H., Kauko, J., Pitkänen, H. and Varjo, J. (2007) Arrivals, circulations and transformations of QAE in Finnish basic schooling, Working paper, Feb 2007

Pitkänen, H. (2008) Koulutuksen paikallisen arvioinnin diskursiivinen rakentuminen 1980-luvulta 2000-luvulle. Paikallista arviointia määrittelemään pyrkivien dokumenttien diskursiivisarkeologinen tarkastelu. Fabricating Quality in European Education työpapereita. 25.2.2008. Helsingin yliopisto, Kasvatustieteen laitos. [The discursive construction of local evaluation of schooling from 1980’s to 2000. Discursive archaeological analysis of documents aiming to define local evaluation.] Fabricating Quality in European Education working papers 25.2.2008. University of Helsinki, Department of Education, Feb 2008
Finland: Published Papers
Kauko J- Varjo J, Age of Indicators. Education indicators in the Finnish education policy agenda, European Educational Research Journal, 7(2), pp.219 231.

Simola, H Rinne R Varjo J Kauko J and Pitkänen, H (2009) Quality Assurance and Evaluation (QAE) in Finnish Basic Schooling – a national model or just the unintended effects of radical decentralisation?, Special Issue of Journal of Education Policy, 24(2), pp. 163-178.

Varjo, J. ja Kauko, J. (2008) Indikaattoreiden aika: koulutusindikaattorit valtiollisena hankkeena Suomessa. [The time of indicators: educational indicators as a national project], The Finnish Journal of Education “Kasvatus” , 39(3), pp.246-260.
Sweden: Conference Papers
Segerholm C. (2007) ‘We are doing well on QAE’. The case of Sweden, ECER, Ghent, Sep 2007.

Segerholm C. and Karlsson H (2008) Quality assurance and evaluation (QAE) - support or nuisance? Swedish teachers’ views, ECER, Gothenburg, Sep 2008.

Segerholm C (2008) Evaluation as transnational policy. Evaluation policy in Swedish compulsory education, its international influences and national features, American Evaluation Association, Denver, Nov 2008.
Sweden: Working Papers
Segerholm, C (2007) Quality Assurance and Evaluation Policy Brokering. Views from Sweden, Working paper, June 2007.
Sweden: Published Papers
Segerholm, C. (2009) We are doing well on QAE’ The case of Sweden, Special Issue of Journal of Education Policy, 24(2), pp.195-209.
UK: Conference Papers
Grek, S. (2008) The evaluation of individual schools in Europe and France: reflections, Joint Seminar SICI - French General Inspectorates, 20-21 November 2008, Creteil, Paris 12 Val de Marne University.

Ozga J and Grek S (2007) Governing by Numbers: The PISA effect, European Sociological Association Annual Conference, Glasgow, Sep 2007

Ozga J (2007) Governing Knowledge: Research Steering and Research Quality, ECER Keynote presentation, Ghent, Sep 2007

Lawn M and Grek S (2007) Fabricating a System for Governing? Europeanization through Quality Assurance and Evaluation, ECER, Ghent, Sep 2007

Ozga J (2007) Governed By the data? The Case of England, ECER, Ghent, Sep 2007

Croxford, L, Grek S and Shaik F (2007) Scotland in Europe: Promoting self-evaluation, ECER, Ghent, SEP 2007

Lawn M (2007) The Platinum Metre: standardising a European education policy space, European Evaluation Society conference, Odense, October 2007

Grek S (2007) PISA in Europe: a new governing tool?, European Evaluation Society conference, Odense, October 2007

Grek S et al (2007) Language in evaluation: transfer of knowledge or creation of meaning, European Evaluation Society conference, Odense, October 2007

Grek S (2007) ‘And the winner is….’: PISA and the construction of the European education space, European Education Policy Network conference, Brussels, December 2007

Grek S (2008) From symbols to numbers: the shifting technologies of education governance in Europe, SCUTREA Conference, Edinburgh, July 2008

Grek, S et. al (2008) Context and Meaning: The Challenges of Developing an International Survey of the views of the Teaching Profession on Quality Assurance and Evaluation (QAE), ECER, Gothenburg, September 2008

Lawn M (2008) QAE as a form of Governance, ECER, Gothenburg, September 2008

Croxford L, Grek S and Shaik F (2008) The Tortoise and the Hare? The views of English and Scottish Teachers about QAE, ECER, Gothenburg, September 2008

Ozga J (2008) Teacher professionalism, QAE and performativity: issues for debate, ECER, Gothenburg, September 2008

Grek S (2008) Governing by Numbers: PISA and the construction of the European education space, UACES conference, Edinburgh, September 2008

Grek S (2008) The evaluation of individual schools in Europe and France: reflections, Joint Seminar SICI - French General Inspectorates, 20-21 November 2008, Creteil, Paris 12 Val de Marne University
UK: CES Briefings
Briefing No. 52: The Sleep of Reason Breeds Monsters, Jenny Ozga and Martin Lawn

Briefing No. 51: Teacher Attitudes to Quality Assurance and Evaluation (QAE) in Scotland and England, Linda Croxford, John Gray and Jenny Ozga

Briefing No. 45: PISA in the British Media: Leaning Tower or Robust Testing Tool?, Sotiria Grek

Briefing No. 44: Governing by Numbers: Shaping Education through Data, Sotiria Grek and Jenny Ozga
UK: Working Papers
UK: Published Papers
Grek, S. (2008) From Symbols to Numbers: the shifting technologies of education governance in Europe, European Educational Research Journal, 7(2), pp.208-218.

Ozga, J. (2008) Governing Knowledge: research steering and research quality, European Educational Research Journal, 7(3), pp.261-272.

Grek, S. (2009) Governing by Numbers: the PISA effect in Europe, Journal of Education Policy, 24(1), pp.23–37.

Croxford, L., Grek, S., and Shaik, F. (2009) Quality Assurance and Evaluation (QAE) in Scotland: Promoting self-evaluation within and beyond the country, Special Issue of Journal of Education Policy, 24(2), pp.179-193.

Grek, S., Lawn, M., *Lingard, B. and *Varjo, J. (2009) North by northwest: quality assurance and evaluation processes in European schooling, Special Issue of Journal of Education Policy, 24(2), pp.121-133.

Ozga, J. (2009) Governing Education Through Data in England: From Regulation to Self-Evaluation, Special Issue of Journal of Education Policy, 24(2), pp.149-162.

Lawn, M and Grek, S. (2009) A Short History of Europeanizing Education: the new political work of calculating the future, European Education - Issues and Studies, 41(1), pp.32-54.

UK: Book Chapters
Rizvi, F. and Lingard, B. (200?) ‘The OECD and Global Shifts in Education Policy’, in R.Cowen and A.Kazamias (eds) International Handbook of Comparative Education, Springer, Chapter 28, pp.431-447.

Lawn, M (2008) ‘An Intellectual Homeland: Governing Mobilities and Space in European Education’ in C.Rumford (ed.) Sage Handbook of European Studies, Sage: London, Section III, Chapter 28, pp.506-520.

Ozga J (2008) ‘Governing Knowledge: A Perspective from the Centre for Educational Sociology’, in T.G.K.Bryce and W.M.Humes (eds) Scottish Education: Third Edition: Beyond Devolution, Chapter 18, pp.183-192, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Lawn, M and Grek, S (2010 - in press) The figures in the (land)scape: hybridity and transformation in education governance in England, in M.Simons, M.Olssen, M.Peters (eds) Re-reading education policies: studying the policy agenda of the 21st century, Sense Publishers.
Collaborative Papers
Grek, S., Lawn, M., Lingard, B., Ozga, J., Rinne, R., Segerholm, C. & Simola, H. (2009) National policy brokering and the construction of the European Education Space in England, Sweden, Finland and Scotland, Comparative Education, 45(1), pp.5–22