When public policy 'fails' and venture capital 'saves' education: Edtech investors as economic and political actors
When public policy 'fails' and venture capital 'saves' education: Edtech investors as economic and political actors
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当公共政策“失败”而风险投资“拯救”教育时：教育科技投资者作为经济和政治参与者
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10.1080/14767724.2023.2272134
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2023
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Komljenovic J
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Komljenovic J
教育技术（Edtech）投资者在教育领域的影响力越来越大；然而，它们的研究仍然不足。我们解决了这一缺陷，并将教育科技投资的语法和前景引入教育研究。我们实证研究了风险投资教育科技投资者，并认为他们是经济和政治参与者。投资者通过投资和推进特定的想象力来构建教育科技行业。他们通过专业知识的叙述和社会影响的衡量来合法化他们在教育领域的权威。他们通过构建社交网络来巩固教育科技行业，以执行未来的政治工作。该分析提供了对教育科技投资者在教育领域力量的独到见解，并提出了一项研究议程，探讨教育、技术和金融行业之间的新关系。
Educational technology (Edtech) investors have become increasingly influential in education; however, they remain under-researched. We address this deficit and introduce the grammar and landscape of Edtech investment into education research. We empirically examine venture capital Edtech investors and argue that they are economicandpolitical actors. Investors construct the Edtech industry through their investment and advancing particular imaginaries. They legitimate their authority in education through narratives of expertise and measures of social impact. They consolidate the Edtech industry by constructing social networks to perform the political work of futuring. The analysis provides original insights into the power of Edtech investors in education and proposes a research agenda examining new relations between the education, technology, and finance industries.