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Political Research in Hungarian Education – The Early Years

Summary/Abstract: The author makes the point here that political research into education started long before the political changes of 1989/90 in Hungary. Compared with international developments in political science, Hungarian research nonetheless proves to be a political activity rather than a scientific endeavor. Yet, some of the characteristics of such early research might hold their own in the Hungarian political literature of today. They are: (a) creating a new language of communication for education and educational policies; (b) a new feeling of growing freedom; (c) an intention to identify the real actors in the educational political arena; and (d) the simulation of political activities by using publicity for the research findings. The political researchers went into various careers after the changes – they became politicians, experts or university lecturers. The lessons to learn from these careers are that (a) political research into education has to be institutionalized in order for it to have the necessary influence; and (b) political research in Hungary, as well as in the region, has to become part of the international network of research and researchers in education.

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