Published: 2014-03-12

New issue of Education Inquiry (Vol 5, No 1, 2014)

NEWS The first issue of Education Inquiry in 2014 of available to read and download. It is an international on-line, peer-reviewed journal with free access in the field of Educational Sciences and Teacher Education. It publishes original empirical and theoretical studies from a wide variety of academic disciplines.

The journal is published by the Umeå School of Education, Umeå University, Sweden and is issued four times per year (March, June, September and December).

Best regards,

Nafsika Alexiadou and Linda Rönnberg (Editors)

Education Inquiry (Volume 5, Number 1, 2014)

Contents of this issue:

Thematic Section

Editorial introductionEducation in times of crisis
Evie Zambeta

The Rise of the Survival Discourse in an Era of Therapisation and Neoliberalism
Kristiina Brunila

Governing by Standards: The Fabrication of Austerity in the Italian Education System
Paolo Landri

Curriculum, crisis and the work and well-being of Icelandic upper secondary school teachers
Guðrún Ragnarsdóttir, Ingólfur Ásgeir Jóhannesson

Education and Social Solidarity in times of Crisis: the case of voluntary shadow education in Greece
Evie Zambeta, Asimina Kolofousi

Conservatism and educational crisis: the case of England
Ken Jones

Crisis as a discursive legitimation strategy in educational reforms: A critical policy analysis
Andreas Nordin

Open Section

The internationalisation of a university as local practices: A case study
Joanna Renc-Roe, Torgny Roxå

Playing fiction: The use of semiotic resources in role play
Stefan Lundström, Christina Olin-Scheller

Editor: David Meyers