Evaluation and its politics: trade unions and education reform in Greece

IF 1.6 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Education Inquiry Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI:10.1080/20004508.2023.2193015
A. Traianou
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The implementation of global teacher and school evaluation reform has often been contentious, in ways that differ according to national context. Teacher trade unions have frequently been active opponents of reform but their strategies and motivations have been relatively little studied. This article examines evaluation reform in Greece and the role of teacher trade unions in contest-ing it. It situates current collisions over policy in the context of Greek politico-administrative traditions, of past relations between unions and governments and of the austerity that followed post-2010 structural adjustment programmes. It places education policy change in the broader context of state reformation and contributes to understanding its inherent politics. Working with insights from Nicos Poulantzas, it identifies evaluation reform as a restructuring of the Greek state, where relationships between central authority and political actors such as unions have been reset, weakening the position of the latter. Drawing from inter-views with union representatives, it analyses their reading of policy change and the dilemmas that faced them in responding to evaluation policies. In doing so, it points out the political role of teacher trade unions in both historical and contemporary terms while also highlighting the uncertainty of their response to evaluation reform.
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评价及其政治:希腊的工会与教育改革
全球教师和学校评估改革的实施经常存在争议,其方式因国家背景而异。教师工会经常积极反对改革,但对其策略和动机的研究相对较少。本文考察了希腊的评估改革以及教师工会在竞争中的作用。它将当前的政策冲突置于希腊政治行政传统、工会与政府之间过去的关系以及2010年后结构调整计划后的紧缩政策的背景下。它将教育政策的变化置于国家改革的更广泛背景下,并有助于理解其内在的政治。根据尼科斯·普兰扎斯的见解,它将评估改革确定为希腊国家的重组,中央权力机构与工会等政治行为者之间的关系已经重置,削弱了后者的地位。根据与工会代表的相互意见,分析了他们对政策变化的理解以及他们在应对评估政策时面临的困境。在这样做的过程中,它指出了教师工会在历史和当代的政治作用,同时也强调了他们对评估改革的反应的不确定性。
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Education Inquiry
Education Inquiry Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science
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