Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Hans-Georg Kotthoff and Eleftherios Klerides -- Researching Governance in Education: Synergies and Future Research Agendas / Hans-Georg Kotthoff and Eleftherios Klerides -- Working Knowledge / Jenny Ozga -- Comparing Accountability Policy Tools And Rationales / Christian Maroy -- Locating Governmentality in the Spread of Educational Leadership / Cathryn Magno -- The Pastoral Supervision of Globalised Self-Technologies / Judith Hangartner and Carla Jana Svaton -- What is the Purpose of School Inspections? / Fabian Dietrich , Martin Heinrich and Maike Lambrecht -- Governing Teachers / Stavroula Kontovourki , Eleni Theodorou and Stavroula Philippou -- Governing Teacher Education through Digital Media / Inés Dussel -- European Educational Governance and its Influence on the Development of Slovenian Educational Space / Urška Štremfel -- The OECD Directorate for Education as an Independent Knowledge Producer through PISA / Simone Bloem -- Doctoral Studies in Italy / Carlo Cappa -- Governing Knowledge through Language? / Donatella Palomba -- About the Authors / Hans-Georg Kotthoff and Eleftherios Klerides.

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The governance of education in many countries and regions of the world is currently in transition, challenging histories, remaking subjectivities and shaping possible futures. This book provides an up to date analysis and discussion of the cutting edge theme of educational governance from an international comparative perspective. The volume explores the landscape of ‘educational governance’ in its broadest sense; considering new forms of steering, leadership and management, assessment and evaluation, teaching and learning, knowledge creation and the realities and possibilities for different forms of political engagement. The new spatial dynamics of education are explored in institutional settings such as schools and universities and via professional groupings such as teachers, administrators and leaders. The chapters in this book are based on the best peer reviewed papers and keynote speeches, which were delivered at the XXVI Conference of the Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE) in June 2014 in Freiburg, Germany. Comparative Education is uniquely situated to explore the emerging dynamics of educational governance within changing and newly emerging educational spaces because it provides the opportunity to learn more about different local, national or regional educational processes and trajectories and to share knowledge about the logics, ideologies and impacts of different techniques and regimes of governance across Europe and beyond. Hans-Georg Kotthoff is Professor of Comparative Education and School Pedagogy at the University of Education Freiburg, Germany, and President of the Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE) since 2012. Eleftherios Klerides is Lecturer in Comparative Education and History of Education at the University of Cyprus and the Secretary-Treasurer of the Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE).