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Encouragement: curricular policies, reformist rhetoric and responsibilisation

Abstract:

Between the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century, reform policies in educational systems have become constant in the global world, both at regional and local level. In less than three decades, education systems have undergone several reforms: one reform has not fully settled when a new one is enacted, generating a sense of confusion that results in chaos and unrest in school life. Encouragement constitutes an appeal to teachers for change when educational policies, as reformist rhetoric, places innovation on responsibilisation. Managing change and uncertainty becomes a matter of attitude, intelligence and responsibility that falls on schools.

Keywords:
Curricular Policy; Reformist Rhetoric; Daily School Life; Responsibilisation

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