Opportunities and Challenges for Policy Advice and Policy Making in Education: Future Possibilities

This book considers the opportunities and challenges for policy advice and policy making in education and puts forward new possibilities for future endeavors.It includes contributions from researchers, civil servants, advisers, and leaders in supranational organizations, based in Pakistan, Portugal, Switzerland, Ukraine, the UK and the USA.The book challenges the perception that policy making is something that is only done by government officials, and shows how policy advice and policy making can include a wide range of actors such as schoolteachers, students, and parents.This is happening to some degree already but the book offers new possibilities in this endeavor.The themes and issues covered in the book include: tacit knowledge, collaborative knowledge, diverse voices, researcher positionality, quantitative data, policy impact, and citizenship and democracy.