The field of education is being transnationalised. Globalisation has an impact on education, and more specifically on education systems, which we need to understand. Education policies are being developed at different levels: local, national and supranational. In Portugal, you can feel the tension between different logics. The question is: Who decides on education policy? How? On what basis? What delimits educational decision-making? Who determines the political agenda in education? Does the agenda testify more to what can be discussed or what cannot be discussed? Which social actors take part in this process? What does education mean to the various participants in the debate? What are the implications of globalisation for the processes of legitimising educational decision-making?

Steve Stoer