?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.122873&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Educational+policy+borrowing+in+the+Bhutanese+education+system&rft.creator=Zangmo%2C+Zinpai&rft.subject=educational+policy+borrowing&rft.subject=discourse+analysis&rft.subject=policy+analysis&rft.subject=globalisation%2Flocalisation&rft.subject=comparative+education&rft.description=This+study+focussed+on+analysing+educational+policy+documents+to+understand+the+history+and+discourse+of+educational+policy+borrowing+practice+in+Bhutan's+K-12+education+system.+The+conceptual+framework+drew+on+theories+of+globalisation+and+the+theory+of+discourse.+An+interpretivist+methodology+drawing+on+James+Paul+Gee's+discourse+analysis+was+employed+to+comprehend+the+education+policy+borrowing+and+policy+learning+practices+within+the+K-12+education+policies+of+Bhutan.+The+findings+revealed+that+while+there+is+a+complex+system+of+policy+borrowing+influenced+by+the+phenomenon+of+globalisation%2C+there+are+discourses+that+stress+the+importance+of+Gross+National+Happiness+and+local+themes.+The+study+concludes+by+stating+that+policy+borrowing+and+policy+learning+are+important+aspects+of+Bhutanese+education+policy.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F122873%2F1%2FZinpai_Zangmo_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.122873&rft.relation=Zangmo%2C+Zinpai+(2018)+Educational+policy+borrowing+in+the+Bhutanese+education+system.+Masters+by+Research+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F122873%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Education