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Assessment Technologies in Schools: 'Deliverology' and the 'Play of Dominations'
- Source :
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Research Papers in Education . 2012 27(5):513-533. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- This paper, based on ESRC-funded research work in four case study schools, explores the "pressures" to "deliver" which bear upon English secondary schools in relation to GCSE performance. It further illustrates the ways in which pressure is transformed into tactics which focus on particular students, with the effect of "rationing" education in the schools. Foucault's analysis from "Discipline and Punish" is deployed to examine these tactics and to relate them to more general changes in the regime of techniques and "play of dominations" operating in English schools. (Contains 1 figure and 3 notes.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0267-1522
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Research Papers in Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ982485
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Evaluative
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2010.550012