Tag: Russia

• Anthropology of Policy: Methodological Considerations

  

  In this video interview, I discuss the ethnographic study of educational reforms in Russia and explain how I navigated the project that served as the foundation for the Political Theater of Teacher Education Reforms. If you are designing a research study that explores policy processes or presents a critical analysis of educational reforms, this video…

  Elena Aydarova

  August 21, 2025

  Anthropology of Policy, Educational Reform, Global Educational Reform Movement, Political Theater, Politics, Teacher Education

  Anthropology of Policy, Educational Policy, Educational Reform, Ethnography, Russia, Teacher Education

• Money Matters: Political Theater of Competitive Grant Funding

  

  “Money matters: Political theater of competitive grant-funding and reform ideologies” was presented during Eurasia Special Interest Group Highlighted Session at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Meeting in Mexico City on March 26, 2018.

  Elena Aydarova

  October 4, 2018

  Educational Reform, Global Educational Reform Movement, Political Theater, Teacher Education

  Educational Reform, Grant Funding, Political Theater, Russia