Class Discussion

The article critique portion of the class stood out to me the most! 

·         Research Design

o   Hypotheses based on type of government (conservative, social-democratic, liberal)—interesting they used regime versus government

o   Looked at indicators of participation and other indicators—seeing if it is grouped by government type

o   Where they got the date from is under the results section—from 2008 OECD Education­—supplemented with other information/data-- countries reported what wanted to, a lot of missing observations

·         Findings

o   Conservative regimes expanded less than liberal regimes

§  Same pattern with graduation rates

o   Policy makers should make decisions based on regime

§  Why do they have to do that?  Wouldn't they do that naturally?

§  How can they change outcomes if they’re only making policies based on your regime

·         Discussion/Conclusion

o   Useful that it was with four policy makers instead of one….multiple lenses

o   Interesting—sample age is 25-64—why so large?

o   Quote on page 22- why low achiever??  Does this mean tracking….

§  Conservative—people have their proper place I society—46

§  More extensive tracking….more money and resources

§  What about Fowler models….

o   Framework analysis helps with framing for article critiques

§  Also look at leadership and power—how are they being used

Take away from Article Discussion

·        You can always poke-- I really liked this language :)  

·        Can always cite Fowler and Smirch/Morgan—this will become second nature as you come along

o   Weick also with sense making

o   There is a cast of characters that you can start citing along the way

·         Soon—you will be able to see holes in anything and be able to increase your own writing