Manipulating the Data: Teaching and NAPLAN in the Control Society
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| Title: | Manipulating the Data: Teaching and NAPLAN in the Control Society |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Thompson, Greg, Cook, Ian |
| Source: | Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 2014 35(1):129-142. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, National Competency Tests, High Stakes Tests, Databases, Teacher Behavior, Cheating, Social Control, Social Change, Elementary Secondary Education |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01596306.2012.739472 |
| ISSN: | 0159-6306 |
| Abstract: | High-stakes testing is changing what it means to be a "good teacher" in the contemporary school. This paper uses Deleuze and Guattari's ideas on the control society and dividuation in the context of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing in Australia to suggest that the database generates new understandings of the "good teacher". Media reports are used to look at how teachers are responding to the high-stakes database through manipulating the data. This article argues that manipulating the data is a regrettable, but logical, response to manifestations of teaching where only the data counts. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 43 |
| Entry Date: | 2014 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1026058 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | High-stakes testing is changing what it means to be a "good teacher" in the contemporary school. This paper uses Deleuze and Guattari's ideas on the control society and dividuation in the context of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing in Australia to suggest that the database generates new understandings of the "good teacher". Media reports are used to look at how teachers are responding to the high-stakes database through manipulating the data. This article argues that manipulating the data is a regrettable, but logical, response to manifestations of teaching where only the data counts. |
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| ISSN: | 0159-6306 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01596306.2012.739472 |
