Univ.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Schulte
Department of Education
Sensengasse 3a
Room O4.10
1090 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 4277 46753
Mail: barbara.schulte@univie.ac.at
Research Areas:
- Education as national and global instrument of governance – including: deregulation, privatization, and marketization of education; PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) as policy tool
- Education in developing contexts – in particular, South-South cooperation and China’s engagement in Africa
- Education, innovation and new technologies – including the use of ICT4E (information and communication technologies for education) in impoverished/disadvantaged areas
- Education, migration and ethnic minorities, with regional focus on Southwest China
"By understanding how the school and the society interact under different circumstances across the world, we hope to contribute to greater educational quality and equality, and thereby to greater social justice." (Barbara Schulte)
u:cris - publications Prof. Barbara Schulte
Schulte B, Wermke W, Forsberg E. Working in the shadows: differentiation processes through and beyond the curriculum. Introduction to the special issue. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 2024 Jan 11;1-6. Epub 2024 Jan 11. doi: 10.1080/00220272.2023.2298461
Schulte B. Differentiating agents, differentiated patients: the production of subjects and knowledge(s) in theorizing differentiation in education. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 2024;1-19. Epub 2024. doi: 10.1080/00220272.2024.2306506
Schulte B. Reverse gear and policy change: Processes of privatization and de- privatization in China. 2023. Comparative & International Education Society, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States.
Schulte B. Das chinesische Bildungssystem. In Hardaker S, Dannenberg P, editors, China: Geographien einer Weltmacht. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 2023. p. 195-203 doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-66560-2_21
Schulte B. Lehren und Lernen in China - ein Erfolgsmodell? Journal für LehrerInnenbildung. 2023;23(4):52-64.
Schulte B. The Policy-Practice Nexus as ‘Politics of Use’: Professional Autonomy and Teacher Agency in the Classroom. In Prøitz TS, Aasen P, Wermke W, editors, From Education Policy to Education Practice: Unpacking the Nexus. Vol. 15. Cham: Springer. 2023. p. 39-57. (Policy Implications of Research in Education). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-36970-4_3
Schulte B. How Context Matters: Educational Autonomy, Teacher Agency, and the Politics of the Classroom. 2022. The meaning of context in the nexus between education policy and education practice, Åsgårdstrand, Norway.
Schulte B. Incorporation and Differentiation – and Empowerment: On a Complicated Threesome. 2022. Differentiation renaissance: revisiting a powerful and multilayered concept of education, Uppsala, Sweden.
Schulte B (Editorial Journalist). Das chinesische Bildungssystem Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. 2022.
Schulte B, Larsen JE, Thue FW. Conclusion: Schoolteachers and the Nordic model. In Schulte B, Larsen JE, Thue FW, editors, Schoolteachers and the Nordic model: Comparative and historical perspectives. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 2022. p. 229-239. (Oxford studies in comparative education).
Schulte B, Larsen JE, Thue FW. Introduction: Of myths and models: The unity and diversity of Nordic educational cultures. In Schulte B, Larsen JE, Thue FW, editors, Schoolteachers and the Nordic model: Comparative and historical perspectives. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 2022. p. 1-22. (Oxford studies in comparative education).
Schulte B, (ed.), Larsen JE, (ed.), Thue FW, (ed.). Schoolteachers and the Nordic model: Comparative and historical perspectives. Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2022. 260 p. (Oxford studies in comparative education).
Schulte B. The Nordic model from afar: Chinese scholarly projections of Nordic education and teachers. In Schulte B, Larsen JE, Thue FW, editors, Schoolteachers and the Nordic model: Comparative and historical perspectives. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 2022. p. 80-97. (Oxford studies in comparative education).
Schulte B, Svensson M. Of Visions and Visionaries: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in China. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. 2021 Apr;50(1):3-11. doi: 10.1177/18681026211001884
Svensson M, (ed.), Schulte B, (ed.). Visions of the Internet in China. Sage Publications Ltd., 2021. 102 p.
Schulte B. Education and society in Post-Mao China. Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 2020 Nov 11;41(1):215-217. doi: 10.1080/02188791.2020.1841984
Schulte B. Innovation and control: universities, the knowledge economy and the authoritarian state in China. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. 2019 Jan 2;5(1):30-42. doi: 10.1080/20020317.2018.1535732
Schulte B. Curse or Blessing? Chinese Academic Responses to China’s PISA Performance. In Steiner-Khamsi G, Waldow F, editors, Understanding PISA’s attractiveness: Critical analyses in comparative policy studies. Bloomsbury Academic. 2019. p. 177-197
Schulte B, Wermke W. Internationellt jämförande pedagogik - en introduktion. Stockholm: Liber, 2019. 196 p.