TY - BOOK ID - 61230937 TI - Cultivating Excellence in Education : A Critical Policy Study on Talent AU - Rasmussen, Annette. AU - Ydesen, Christian. PY - 2019 SN - 303033354X 3030333531 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Teaching. KW - Didactics KW - Instruction KW - Pedagogy KW - School teaching KW - Schoolteaching KW - Education KW - Instructional systems KW - Pedagogical content knowledge KW - Training KW - Educational policy. KW - Education and state. KW - Educational sociology. KW - Higher education. KW - International education . KW - Comparative education. KW - Educational sociology . KW - Education and sociology. KW - Educational Policy and Politics. KW - Sociology of Education. KW - Higher Education. KW - International and Comparative Education. KW - Education, Comparative KW - Global education KW - Intellectual cooperation KW - Internationalism KW - College students KW - Higher education KW - Postsecondary education KW - Universities and colleges KW - Education and sociology KW - Social problems in education KW - Society and education KW - Sociology, Educational KW - Sociology KW - Education policy KW - Educational policy KW - State and education KW - Social policy KW - Endowment of research KW - History KW - Aims and objectives KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61230937 AB - This book critically analyses the current education political strategy of cultivating excellence in education. It shows how the new policy for selecting talented students in Denmark deconstructs the compromise from which the comprehensive school was built and reduces equal opportunities. It discusses how the current practice of measurement, selection and guidance of talented students brings about significant changes in education policies, in pedagogic practices, a restructuring of school organisations, and changed requirements of teachers. It explains how the internal differentiation of education systems based on self-selection and free choice, but also on new assessment techniques, tends to widen the inequality gap between students. The analysis clearly shows the relationship between the circulation of new ideas and normative frameworks at international level, and their transfer into national policies, while situating these developments in a socio-historical perspective. The book illustrates by means of a concrete case study with important empirical data that demonstrate the reality and influence of this new policy on the day-to-day work of teachers. ER -