Open AccessFrom Symbols to Numbers: The Shifting Technologies of Education Governance in Europe
Author(s) -
Sotiria Grek
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
european educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 1474-9041
DOI - 10.2304/eerj.2008.7.2.208
Subject(s) - corporate governance , european commission , political science , multi level governance , public administration , education policy , european union , higher education , sociology , space (punctuation) , public relations , economic growth , political economy , economics , management , law , economic policy , linguistics , philosophy
This article focuses on the changing nature of education governance in Europe. It looks at the shifting discourses and policy practices in the ways in which the European Commission has aligned itself to education and discusses the reasons for what is presented as a substantial shift in the tools and resources for governing the European education space. The article suggests that, alongside other significant developments, the knowledge economy has had two significant effects on education governance in Europe: first, a rapid change of policy discourse and practice, moving from constructing a European ‘culture’ to a Europe of learning governed by numbers; and second, education is slowly moving from the margins of European governance to the very centre of its policy making. The article discusses the new technologies of governance that have powered this shift and makes a case for the significance of recognising and studying them further.
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