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(2021) . Critical policy scholarship in education: An overview. Education Policy  \nAnalysis Archives, 29(2). [https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.29.5655](https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.29.5655)  \nAbstract: This paper presents an overview of critical policy scholarship (CPS) in education. Historically, policy research has been dominated by what is commonly referred to as the policy science tradition, which is positivist in its philosophical stance and instrumentalist in its purpose—it focuses on producing knowledge relevant for policy decisions. However, with the rise of interpretive social inquiry in the 19 70s and against the backdrop of unique political developments in the 1980s, CPS emerged as an alternative policy research perspective. This review discusses the scope and foci of CPS in education under four themes: methodological assumptions, interdisciplinary roots, enduring analytical goals, and emerging empirical contexts. Implications of the prevalence of inequality, Big Data and digital panopticon for educational policymaking and policy research are also briefly discussed. The paper concludes that although its foci of analysis have shifted considerably in the last four decades, analytical interest and tools of CPS remain largely unchanged.  \nKeywords: educational policy; policy analysis; critical theory; critical policy scholarship; critique; advocacy  \nInvestigación de políticas críticas en educación: Una visión general  \nResumen: Este artículo presenta una descripción general de la investigación de políticas críticas (CPS) en educación. Históricamente, la investigación de políticas ha estado dominada por lo que comúnmente se conoce como la tradición de la ciencia de las políticas, que es positivista en su postura filosófica e instrumentalista en su propósito: seenfoca en producir conocimiento relevante para las decisiones políticas. Sin embargo, conel auge de la investigación social interpretativa en la década de 1970 y en un contexto dedesarrollos políticos únicos en la década de 1980, la CPS surgió como una perspectiva alternativa de investigación de políticas. Esta revisión discute el alcance y los focos de CPSen la educación bajo cuatro temas: supuestos metodológicos, raíces interdisciplinarias, metas analíticas perdurables y contextos empíricos emergentes. También se discuten brevemente las implicaciones de la prevalencia de la desigualdad, el Big Data y el panóptico digital para la formulación de políticas educativas y la investigación de políticas. El documento concluye que aunque sus focos de análisis han cambiado considerablementeen las últimas cuatro décadas, el interés analítico y las herramientas de CPS permanecenprácticamente sin cambios.  \nPalabras-clave: política educativa; análisis de políticas; la teoría crítica; investigación de política crítica; crítica; defensa  \nBolsa de estudos sobre política crítica na educação: Uma visão geral  \nResumo: Este artigo apresenta uma visão geral dos estudos sobre políticas críticas (CPS) na educação. Historicamente, a pesquisa política tem sido dominada pelo que é comumente referido como tradição da ciência política, que é positivista em sua posturafilosófica e instrumentalista em seu propósito-ela se concentra na produção deconhecimento relevante para decisões políticas. No entanto, com o surgimento da investigação social interpretativa na década de 1970 e em um cenário de desenvolvimentos políticos únicos na década de 1980, o CPS emergiu como uma perspectiva de pesquisapolítica alternativa. Esta revisão discute o escopo e os focos da CPS na educação sob quatro temas: pressupostos metodológicos, raízes interdisciplinares, objetivos analíticos durad","cbCaiuWU4GgfyLHy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuWU4GgfyLHy","pdf",767936,"English","# Introduction\n## Policy sciences tradition and positivist assumptions\n## Emergence of critical policy scholarship\n# CPS themes and analytical goals\n## Implications for educational policymaking","[{\"question\":\"Which four themes structure the discussion of CPS in education?\",\"answer\":\"The review discusses methodological assumptions, interdisciplinary roots, enduring analytical goals, and emerging empirical contexts.\"}]","Critical Policy Scholarship in Education: An Overview | PDF",1792093866,76]