The Power Legitimacy of Policy-Making in Education: In Discussion with Ethics of Policy-Making and Its Paradigm

Author: Nai-Ying Whang(Department of Education, National Taiwan Normal University)

Vol.&No.：Vol. 46, No. 1
Date：April 2001
Pages：1-19
DOI：10.3966/2073753X2001044601001

Abstract：

This study is to inquire the influence of power legitimacy in policy-making in education. It is found that power legitimacy of policy-making in education can promote the quality of justice ethics and care ethics. Also, this study is to discuss the approaches of policy-making in education, including logical positivism paradigm, hermeneutic paradigm, and critical theory paradigm, which influence power legitimacy of policy-making in education. As a result, it is found that subjective, interdependent, and artificial construction of reality will help enhance power legitimacy of policy-making in education. Based on the analysis, this study suggests that the action of art, deconstruction and social problem-solving should be emphasized.

Keywords：Policy-Making in Education,Power Legitimacy,Ethics,Paradigm

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