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Publication Date: 2020
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Datafication in Schools: Enactments of Quality Assurance and Evaluation Policies in Brazil
International Studies in Sociology of Education, v29 n1-2 p126-157 2020
This paper investigates datafication in schools through an analysis of the enactments of quality assurance and evaluation (QAE) policies in Brazil. In doing so, I question how data permeates and changes school environments, school actors' conduct and their imaginaries. QAE policies encompass large-scale assessments, indicators, rankings and other steering mechanisms, but importantly connect data to quality in education. Here, I analyse the discourses of school actors (principals, coordinators, supervisors, teachers, students and parents) from three Brazilian public schools collected through semi-structured interviews (n = 28). Data manifests in those schools as a technology of government. Schools enact QAE policies in distinct ways, incorporating the idea of governmentality, but also proposing alternative patterns of action.
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Discourse Analysis, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Governance, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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