The School Decentralization Process in Georgia and South Africa through the Lens of World Culture Theory: A Comparative Analysis
Cross-nationally Comparative, Evidence-based Educational Policymaking and Reform
ISBN: 978-1-78743-768-5, eISBN: 978-1-78743-767-8
Publication date: 3 July 2018
Abstract
Post-apartheid Africa and post-Soviet Georgia implemented a variety of education reforms since the 1990s. Many of these reforms exhibit recognizable similarities despite the significant contextual differences between the two countries. This paper examined the school decentralization process framed by the world culture theory and compared how the enactment of reforms was influenced by country contexts. It focused on the development of regional administrative units and school governance in these two countries to illustrate how specific reforms may have structural similarities but be functionally different. The scope and depth of the functions of new educational structures also play an important role in understanding how they respond to local needs.
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Citation
Dzotsenidze, N. (2018), "The School Decentralization Process in Georgia and South Africa through the Lens of World Culture Theory: A Comparative Analysis", Wiseman, A.W. and Davidson, P.M. (Ed.) Cross-nationally Comparative, Evidence-based Educational Policymaking and Reform (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 35), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 101-124. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-367920180000035005
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:Emerald Publishing Limited
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