Another slice of PISA: an interrogation of educational cross-national attraction in Australia, Finland, Japan and South Korea

Davis, ER; Wilson, R; Dalton, B

Another slice of PISA: an interrogation of educational cross-national attraction in Australia, Finland, Japan and South Korea

Davis, ER Wilson, R Dalton, B

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Citation:: Compare, 2020, 50 (3), pp. 309 - 331
Issue Date:: 2020-04-02

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dc.contributor.author	Davis, ER	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wilson, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dalton, B https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9507-1447	en_US
dc.date.issued	2020-04-02	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Compare, 2020, 50 (3), pp. 309 - 331	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0305-7925	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127942
dc.description.abstract	© 2018, © 2018 British Association for International and Comparative Education. Cross-national attraction is the first stage in international policy borrowing and analysis of its indicators provides insight into shifts in educational policies. We analyse cross-national attraction within the media discourse on the OECD’s PISA in four countries: Australia, Finland, Japan and South Korea. Using the largest circulation English language newspapers in each of these countries (2001–2015), we analyse references to the other three countries, then expand the focus to tally all international references and map emerging patterns. Finland is the predominantly referenced country, with media attention that eclipses all other countries. The attraction to Finnish educational culture is focused on aspects beyond what is measured in PISA; and flourishes despite Finnish performance in PISA, which although strong is deteriorating. Although limited to English language media, this study finds complex, sometimes inconsistent and paradoxical, patterns of cross-national attraction that deserve further research.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Compare	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/03057925.2018.1510305	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education	en_US
dc.title	Another slice of PISA: an interrogation of educational cross-national attraction in Australia, Finland, Japan and South Korea	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	50	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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Abstract:

© 2018, © 2018 British Association for International and Comparative Education. Cross-national attraction is the first stage in international policy borrowing and analysis of its indicators provides insight into shifts in educational policies. We analyse cross-national attraction within the media discourse on the OECD’s PISA in four countries: Australia, Finland, Japan and South Korea. Using the largest circulation English language newspapers in each of these countries (2001–2015), we analyse references to the other three countries, then expand the focus to tally all international references and map emerging patterns. Finland is the predominantly referenced country, with media attention that eclipses all other countries. The attraction to Finnish educational culture is focused on aspects beyond what is measured in PISA; and flourishes despite Finnish performance in PISA, which although strong is deteriorating. Although limited to English language media, this study finds complex, sometimes inconsistent and paradoxical, patterns of cross-national attraction that deserve further research.

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