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- Title
Learning about Learning: Discovering the Work of Policy.
- Authors
Adams, David; Colebatch, H. K.; Walker, Christopher K.
- Abstract
The development of policy rests on skilled practice by knowledgeable practitioners - 'policy work' - and it is important to know what skills and knowledge this work calls upon, and where these are learned. Although there is substantial academic knowledge and courses in this field, many practitioners will argue that policy work is 'as much an art as a science' and is something that 'you learn as you go'. This article reports on an exploratory study of policy practitioners' accounts of their practice, what counts as knowledge, and in what contexts it is 'useful'. We examine the discourses through which policy work is accomplished, the way in which people learn to do it, and the place of academic work in the constitution of these discourses. Drawing on our respondents understanding of policy practice, we discuss what more might be done to facilitate learning about the work of policy.
- Subjects
LEARNING; GOVERNMENT policy -- Social aspects; EMPLOYMENT &; society; POLICY scientists; AUSTRALIAN Policy Handbook (Book); POLICY analysis; DECISION making; ORGANIZATIONAL goals; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Australian Journal of Public Administration, 2015, Vol 74, Issue 2, p101
- ISSN
0313-6647
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-8500.12119