ISA Forum, Programme Book - International Sociological Association

Carla Cristina Marques Galego (Universidade
Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias,
Portugal) OECD as a world think tank:
The impact of OECD in national educational
policies of equity and in construction of a global
educational agenda.
Friday, Septermber 5, 15:30-17:30
Session 06A: Issues and Reforms in Higher
Education: Class, Race, Gender and Inequalities
Part I
Chair: Jeanne Ballantine, Wright State University,
Dayton, OH-USA
Location: URL-A101
Session ID: RC04A_06
Authors and Papers:
Joseph M. Conforti (Old Westbury, New
York) When women surpass men in educational
achievementin developed countries.
Marina Elias (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
Differences in inequalities between
male and female students in higher education
technical studies.
Helena Troiano (Universitat Autonoma de
Barcelona) Differences in inequalities between
male and female students in higher education
technical studies.
Josep M. Masjuan (Universitat Autonoma
de Barcelona) Differences in inequalities between
male and female students in higher education
technical studies.
Paolo and Moris Triventi, Trivellato (University
of Milano-Bicocca) Unrecognized students’
heterogeneity as a reason for low
performance in the Italian higher education
system.
Moris Triventi (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Unrecognized students’ heterogeneity as a reason
for low performance in the Italian higher
education system.
Danae de los Rios (Universidad de Santiago
de Chile) Understanding university dropouts
among Chilean Students.
Andrea Canales (Universidad de Santiago
de Chile) Understanding university dropouts
among Chilean Students.
Maria Guadalupe Olivier Tellez (Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico/Universidad
Pedagogica Nacional, Mexico) The
exclusion to the public university: Essential
problems in access to higher education in underdeveloped
countries.
Javier Diez-Palomar (The University of Barcelona)
Promoting inclusion in adult education
by means of dialogic inquiry.
Joaquim Gimenez Rodriguez (The University
of Barcelona) Promoting inclusion in adult
education by means of dialogic inquiry.
Paloma Garcia Wehrle (The University of
Barcelona) Promoting inclusion in adult education
by means of dialogic inquiry.
Saturday, September 6, 09:00-11:00
Session 02A: High-Stakes Testing: The Persistence
of Inequalities Part I
Chair: A. Gary Dworkin, The University of
Houston, USA
Location: URL-A301
Session ID: RC04A_02
Authors and Papers:
Gerda Dullaart (AFDA Film School, South
Africa) High stakes assessment and ‘low’ language.
Brian D. Barrett (State University of New
York, USA) High-stakes standardized testing,
‘performance pedagogy,’ and social reproduction
in the United States.
Sean Reardon (University of California,
USA) High stakes, no effects: High school
exist exams and educational inequality.
Dionyssios Gouvias (University of the Aegean,
Greece) Accountability in the Greek
Academia: An erosion of university autonomy
or a high-stakes policy-making instrument?
David C. Berliner (Arizona State University,
USA) How high-stakes testing narrows curriculum
and reduces the chance for successful
competition in the 21st century: A USA calamity
in the making.
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