ABSTRACT

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are becoming increasingly important participants in educational programmes and implementing education policy. This study explores governmental policymakers’ perceptions and reactions to NGO involvement in the implementation of education policy. We applied a qualitative research method, conducting in-depth interviews with ten senior policymakers in Israel's Ministry of Education. We utilised an inductive process of condensing, encoding, categorising, and theorising to analyze the data. Our findings yielded three major themes: (a) intersectoral partnership policies in education and mechanisms for their implementation, (b) budgeting and engagement policies that reexamine mutual responsibility models in education, and (c) the benefits of the intersectoral partnership in advancing education goals. This study expands the knowledge of policymakers’ attempts to lead change, from methods and strategies of centralised and bureaucratic governance through community networks that constitute an intermediate path to realising social and educational goals in the age of privatisation and commercialisation in education.

摘要

非政府组织 (NGO) 正成为教育计划和实施教育政策的越来越重要的参与者。本研究探讨了政府决策者对非政府组织参与教育政策实施的看法和反应。我们采用定性研究方法，对以色列教育部的 10 位高级决策者进行了深入访谈。我们利用浓缩、编码、分类和理论化的归纳过程来分析数据。我们的研究结果产生了三个主要主题：(a) 教育领域的跨部门伙伴关系政策及其实施机制，(b) 重新审视教育中相互责任模式的预算和参与政策，以及 (c) 跨部门伙伴关系在推进教育目标方面的好处.