Assembling educational standards: following the actors of the CEFR-J project

Oshie Nishimura-Sahi

doi:10.1080/14767724.2022.2037071

Assembling educational standards: following the actors of the CEFR-J project

Oshie Nishimura-Sahi

Education

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This study deploys Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to understand how educational standards take shape. To exemplify the inherently collective nature of standards and contingency in the process of standardisation, this study will present a case of the CEFR-J project launched by a group of Japanese university academics to modify the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) for English-language teaching and learning in Japan. Drawing on documentary materials and in-depth interviews, I will describe how the CEFR has become a standard for English-language teaching in Japan while various actors were brought together through the CEFR-J project.

Original language	English
Journal	GLOBALISATION, SOCIETIES AND EDUCATION
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2022.2037071
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 10 Feb 2022
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Actor-Network Theory (ANT)
CEFR
Japan
policy transfer
Standardisation
standards

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Education

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