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Externalisation and Structural Coupling: Applications in Comparative Policy Studies in Education
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Steiner-Khamsi, Gita – European Educational Research Journal, 2021
The article presents two key concepts of sociological systems theory -- externalisation and structural coupling -- and applies them to explain (a) the exponential growth of international large-scale student assessments and (b) the rise of 'policy-relevant' educational research. The author concludes with a comparison between key concepts used in…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educational Sociology, Systems Approach, Student Evaluation