The rise of global policy networks in education: analyzing Twitter debates on inclusive education using social network analysis
The rise of global policy networks in education: analyzing Twitter debates on inclusive education using social network analysis
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全球教育政策网络的兴起：使用社交网络分析分析 Twitter 关于全纳教育的辩论
DOI：
10.1080/02680939.2019.1664768
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
N. Kolleck
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作者：
J. Schuster;Helge Jörgens;N. Kolleck
摘要随着《残疾人权利公约》（CRPD）的签署，全纳教育已成为残疾儿童接受特殊学校教育的主要替代方案。为了促进全纳教育的全球实施，各种利益攸关方组成网络，传递和交流有关政治战略的信息和知识。然而，人们对参与这些网络的行为者和行为者群体知之甚少。在本文中，我们借鉴一般网络理论和政策网络理论来研究Twitter的沟通网络，围绕着这个话题的融合教育已经形成。使用探索性和推理性的社会网络分析，我们表明，残疾人组织和国际组织，如联合国，在网络中占有特别重要的地位。这一地位使他们能够对网络内的信息内容和流动施加潜在影响。除此之外，企业参与者是网络的积极参与者。此外，Twitter网络显示了一些在政策网络中也可以找到的结构模式。我们的研究结果有助于绘制全纳教育促进的全球范围，并有助于更广泛地了解全纳教育政策的全球进程。
ABSTRACT With the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), inclusive education has become the main alternative to special schools for the schooling of children with disabilities. In order to promote the global implementation of inclusive education, a variety of stakeholders form networks to transmit and exchange information and knowledge concerning political strategies. However, little is known about the actors and actor groups involved in these networks. In the present paper, we draw on general network theory and policy network theory to examine the Twitter communication network that has formed around the topic of inclusive education. Using exploratory and inferential social network analysis, we show that disabled persons’ organizations and international organizations, such as the United Nations, hold a particularly central position in the network. This position enables them to potentially exert influence on the content and flow of information within the network. Aside from that, business actors are active participants in the network. Moreover, the Twitter network shows some structural patterns that can also be found in policy networks. Our findings help to map the global sphere of inclusive education promotion and can contribute to a broader understanding of global processes in inclusive education policy.