Generation learning framework: Applying Margaret Mead’s typology to agenda-setting stage of policy diffusion
Generation learning framework: Applying Margaret Mead’s typology to agenda-setting stage of policy diffusion

Summary/Abstract: The prompt development of the world’s South and the stagnation in the evolution of theworld’s North altered the directions of policy diffusion. Up to date, the literature lacksa clear framework that captures these changes. This article contributes to research by offeringa Generation Learning Framework to study the new paths of policy and technologydissemination around the globe. Anthropological propositions of Margaret Mead areadapted to capture a higher demand and popularity of the South-South transfers overthe less frequent South-North transfers. Illustrating the framework with the examples ofSouth-Korean lesson-drawing, the study concludes that the era of knowledge transfer exclusivelyfrom the North to South is over. The proposed framework can be further appliedto the fast-growing experiences in the learning practices that take place in Latin America,Eastern Europe, and Africa.

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