- What is education Policy?
- Who should develop it?
- Where is it developed?
- How is it developed?
- Why is education Policy needed?
Here are some of the answers.
What is education policy?
It is a definition of terms which are:
- Goals
- Mission - an overall goal
- Objectives - specific aims to be achieved
- Policy
- Strategy
Why is education policy needed?
- 'Guide operational decisions and actions'
- Teacher in classroom - wha to do today?
- Guidelines or straigh jacket
Who should develop it?
When it comes to 'who should develop' it Mike went onto say if it should be Politicians or Practitioners.
The politicians are elected to represent the people, but they are not subject experts.
The problems with practitioners are:
- they are unable to take the wider view, they only see things happening within their classroom context. They do not see what goes on outside of the classroom so therefore do not have a variety of a view.
- they see things from their perspectives.
On the other hand practitioners know things work in practice.
Where is education policy developed?
- Uk level
- Welsh Government
- Local Authority
- School and Governing body level - (they are not controlled by local authority)
Having had the answers to these questions he then went onto explain the key details of Swamwac (South West and mid Wales). These key principles are:
- Stake holder engagement - continuing openess and partnerships working
- Coherence
- Flexibility - process which can respond to changing circumstances
- Objectivity
- Cost effectiveness
- Resourced - Underpinned by Investment strategy.
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