The OECD and global governance in education

The OECD and global governance in education

This review essay discusses the history, evolution and development of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and traces the growing impact of its education work. The essay is in four main sections. The first discusses Carrol and Kellow's The OECD: A Study of Organizat...

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Published in:Journal of education policy 2013-09, Vol.28 (5), p.710-725
Main Authors: Sellar, Sam, Lingard, Bob
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Carroll (P)
Comparative testing
Context Effect
Diplomacy
Economic Development
Education
Educational Change
Educational Policy
Educational Practices
Equality
Finland
Foreign Countries
Global Approach
Globalisation
Governance
Government and politics
History
Institutional Mission
Institutional Research
International organisations
International Organizations
International programs
Kellow (A)
Literature reviews
OECD
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organisational development
Peer review
PISA
Policy Making
Press
Program for International Student Assessment
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Sahlberg (P)
Schools
Shanghai
Standardized Tests
Success
Systems Approach
Teachers
Tucker (M)
United States
United States of America
Woodwood (R)
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Summary:This review essay discusses the history, evolution and development of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and traces the growing impact of its education work. The essay is in four main sections. The first discusses Carrol and Kellow's The OECD: A Study of Organizational Adaptation (Edward Elgar) and provides a brief historical account of the Organisation. The second section reviews Woodward's The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Routledge) and considers the different modes of governance employed by the OECD, particularly its exercise of soft power through peer review. The third section considers Tucker's edited book, Surpassing Shanghai: An Agenda for American Education Built on the World's Leading Systems (Harvard Education Press) and the effects that Shanghai-China's 2009 (PISA) success has had on education policy debates in the USA and globally. The final section engages with Sahlberg's Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn From Educational Change in Finland? (Teachers College Press) and describes factors that have contributed to the high quality and equity of schooling in Finland. The review essay thus moves from an examination of the role and function of the OECD in general terms to more specific discussion of the recent impact of its PISA, which has drawn attention to particular school systems and has influenced education policy-making in both member and non-member countries. We conclude by providing a framework for understanding the epistemological and infrastructural governance functions of the OECD in education globally.
ISSN:0268-0939
1464-5106