A Contemporary Map of Educational Knowledge Borrowing/Transfer: What is New? (Stage 3, 8:08 AM)

• In Event: e-Lightning Ed-Talk Session 6 - Stage 3

Abstract

This inquiry explores the landscape of educational knowledge borrowing/transfer for the past 15 years to rethink and reconceive its future orientations. Ten most recent, relevant empirical articles published in well-established journals were selected for analysis through the lenses of Portnoi’s (2016) policy borrowing and lending continuum and Phillips and Ochs’s (2003) four-stage policy borrowing model. Thematic synthesis of ten reviewed articles reveals (a) pedagogical practices, (b) curricula, and (c) other educational policies and ideas have been transferred across contexts, whether voluntarily or coercively, with developing countries as the main borrowing source. This study highlights a strong need for systematic mechanism for, feasibility assessments and large-scale evaluations of cross-contextual exchanges with the borrowing context as the centrality.

Authors

• Ngoc Kim Tuyen Pham, Texas Tech University

• Jeasik Cho, Texas Tech University

• Romario Montaño-Ramos, Texas Tech University