International learning communities: What happens when leaders seek to learn across national boundaries?

• Published in: Journal of educational change Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 327 - 350
• Main Authors: Mehta, Jal, Peterson, Amelia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Administration; Best practice; Best Practices; Communities of Practice; Education; Educational Change; Educational leadership; Educational Policy; Educational Policy and Politics; Global Approach; International education; International Programs; Learning; Organization and Leadership; Public Education; Quality of education; Systems Approach; International learning; PISA; OECD; Policy borrowing; Isomorphism; Systems thinking; New institutionalism

The past decade has seen increasing international education activity and interest from policymakers and think tanks in looking to other countries for educational reform strategies. This “new isomorphism”—the notion of global best practices in education—has been the subject of intensive debate betwee...