Indirect Coercive Transfer and Educational Copying Under Dictatorship: The Case of Tunisia

Jules, Tavis D.; Bouhlila, Donia Smaali

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“…Since its independence in 1956, Tunisia has placed a special emphasis on the development of the education sector. Shortly in 1959, the government implemented an education plan in which education was approached as a national investment and key determinant of the nation's economic growth (Jules & Bouhlila, 2018).…”

Section: Vet In Tunisia: National Priority For the Socio-economic Dev...mentioning

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Vocational Educational Training (VET) in Tunisia: Barriers and Challenges to its Internationalization and Possible Solutions to Boost Socio-Economic Development of the Country

Marchionne

2023

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Since the educational reform of the 1980s, Tunisian Vocational Educational Training (VET) system has been the oldest continuing education system in North Africa, with its origins dating back to the beginning of Tunisian independence from the French colonial power in 1956. This article explores internationalization trends in VET institutions in Tunisia through desk research on secondary sources and through informal interviews with local actors conducted in 2023 to complement gathered information. The study contributes to setting grounds for further research in this field by providing an overview of the (VET) sector in Tunisia, their internationalization trends, and policy recommendations to further develop the internationalization of VET institutions in the country. Abstract in French Depuis la réforme éducative des années 1980, le système tunisien de formation professionnelle (EFP) est le plus ancien système de formation continue en Afrique du Nord, ses origines remontant au début de l'indépendance tunisienne de la puissance coloniale française en 1956. Cet article explore l'internationalisation et ses tendances dans les établissements d’EFP en Tunisie à travers une recherche documentaire sur des sources secondaires et à travers des entretiens informels avec des acteurs locaux menés en 2023 pour compléter les informations recueillies. L'étude contribue à jeter les bases de recherches plus approfondies dans ce domaine en fournissant un aperçu du secteur de la formation professionnelle en Tunisie, de ses tendances en matière d'internationalisation et des recommandations politiques pour développer davantage l'internationalisation des institutions d'EFP dans le pays.

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Section: Vet In Tunisia: National Priority For the Socio-economic Dev...mentioning

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Vocational Educational Training (VET) in Tunisia: Barriers and Challenges to its Internationalization and Possible Solutions to Boost Socio-Economic Development of the Country

Marchionne

2023

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“…A nation's desire to have its educational credentials recognized by its neighbors or by a former colonial power can lead it to adopt a set of standards. This apparently voluntary act is shaped by a desire to increase job opportunities for its citizens, as in the case of Tunis and its adoption of the main elements of the Bologna Process (Jules & Bouhlila, 2018). Or it can be influenced by the decisions of supra-national groups like the regular meeting of the heads of states of Central Africa, which led Cameroon to adopt, for at least part of the country, a three-degree structure which was comparable and comprehensible nationally and regionally (Eta & Vuban, 2018) Others talk of policy mimesis where a policy or form of words used by one entity is imitated or mimicked by another.…”

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The Mobility of Education Policy in the 21st Century: Lessons from Other Fields

Ruby

2020

FIRE

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The ways information about national education policies is exchanged and interpreted is a field of comparative education that is under-developed. What discussion and analysis there is seems to ignore the insights and models prevalent in other domains. We looked to fields like political science, and economic and social development for concepts to strengthen the analysis of education policy mobility between nations. We found an abundance of metaphors most of which fail to capture key elements of policy diffusion including the notion that ideas change as they cross cultural boundaries. We observe that policy transfer can be purposefully initiated by the host as well as a product of coercion or external incentives. Our principal conclusions are that common framings of traveling education policies are linear, one-directional and marked by an air of beneficence. They overlook the importance of context and the actions of sovereign nations in policy formation.

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The Pupil Premium and policy transfer in English standalone and system leader multi-academy trust academies

Yaghi

2021

Research Papers in Education

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As England attempts to close educational attainment gaps faced by socioeconomically disadvantaged children using Pupil Premium funding, no attention is given to how different types of academies do so, nor to policy transfer's role in informing policies for disadvantaged pupils. Employing a qualitative comparative case study methodology with semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis, this research compares five primary standalone academies with five system leader multi-academy trust academies. It finds all academies support disadvantaged children with academic, pastoral and extracurricular provision. This is justified by voluntary and coercive policy transfer extending across space and time, in addition to evidence-based policies and school-specific needs prioritised to varying degrees across academy types.Overall, system leader multi-academy trust academies' structure and composition facilitate policy transfer through horizontal and vertical spread of successful practices compared to standalone academies.

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Indirect Coercive Transfer and Educational Copying Under Dictatorship: The Case of Tunisia

Cited by 6 publications

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Vocational Educational Training (VET) in Tunisia: Barriers and Challenges to its Internationalization and Possible Solutions to Boost Socio-Economic Development of the Country

Vocational Educational Training (VET) in Tunisia: Barriers and Challenges to its Internationalization and Possible Solutions to Boost Socio-Economic Development of the Country

The Mobility of Education Policy in the 21st Century: Lessons from Other Fields

The Pupil Premium and policy transfer in English standalone and system leader multi-academy trust academies

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