Hermon, Tomas, van (2022) Justification of Dutch Education Policy: A Discursive Institutionalist Analysis of Dutch Education Policy Debates on Education for Sustainable Development and Citizenship Education. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
The Netherlands has a unique education system, characterized by the constitutional right of freedom of education. This uniqueness has consequences for the educational policy making, as evidenced by the differences in the justification of education policy on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Citizenship Education (CE). Understanding the justification of education policy contributes to understanding curriculum development as a complex and multi-layered practice, which is relevant for both Dutch stakeholders in current and future curriculum development and understanding the local implementation of solutions to global challenges. This thesis aimed to understand why there are differences in the justification of Dutch government policy on ESD and CE. It does so using the theoretical framework of Discursive Institutionalism. This framework is first applied in the form of a literature review of the Dutch educational policy history, and subsequently in a discursive analysis of Dutch parliamentary debates on ESD and CE. It finds that the differences in justification of policy can be explained by firstly the different historical origins of ESD and CE policy, which resulted in a clearer place for CE in the political debate, and in ambiguous use of terminology and responsibility for ESD. Secondly, the different politization of the topics results in broader political support for CE as opposed to a more polarizing view on ESD. These findings imply that the justification of education policy is influenced minimally by the political discourse itself. Future research could explore the impact of these historical and political factors on education policy more deeply. Keywords: discursive institutionalism; education for sustainable development; citizenship education, education policy
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Huiskes, M.C. |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2022 14:09 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2022 14:09 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/127 |
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