The Actual Logic and Dilemma in Policy Implementation for Migrant Children Education: Case Study of Shanghai Primary Schools

• In Event: 75.043 - MTCC Poster Session 17
  In Poster Session: Policy Implementation and Scale

Abstract

This study explores the effects and outcomes of implementing national education policies for migrant students in Shanghai and seeks to determine how their formulation and goals are interpreted and applied locally. In order to answer these questions, we use the qualitative research methods, like interview and observation, together with policy content analysis. Finally, it finds that the process of national policy formulation and local implementation isn’t linearly refer to policy objectives. As the impact of different policy interests among different level and sector, it orient deviations in implementation results, even produces policy distortions, such as "invisible classes" and "street children" in school practice, which reproduce the gap of social stratum between local children and migrant children，etc.

Author

• dan zhang, East China Normal University