Data Culture and the Organisation of Teachers’ Work provides an in-depth look at how the political and media scrutiny of teachers, pupils and schools now organises teaching and learning. Spina also examines how educational data is used in schools, and where it fails to take account of the everyday experiences of school leaders, teachers and students.Drawing on primary research, and discussing practice in relation to the National Assessment Programme: Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), this book discusses the strengths and weaknesses of a data-driven approach, the restrictions this can impose and how to navigate them as a teacher.Ideal for scholars and postgraduate students of education, this book provides a comprehensive institutional, ethnographic look into the daily lived experiences of teachers, and the effects of standardised testing.
Nerida Spina is a senior lecturer at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
List of FiguresAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Boom! And it’s all about dataChapter 2 The Datafication of EducationChapter 3 The Production of DataChapter 4 Performance Management of Principals: Data is the Only Game in TownChapter 5 Principal Responses: Data Stories, Data Conversations and High Yield PedagogiesChapter 6 Teachers’ Work: A Life Revolving Around DataChapter 7 Institutional Circuits: Intense and Never-Ending WorkChapter 8 Implications and Possibilities: Data Cultures and the Organisation of Teachers’ WorkIndex
Nerida Spina, Jess Harris, Simon Bailey, Mhorag Goff, Australia) Spina, Nerida (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Harris, Jess (University of Newcastle, UK) Bailey, Simon (University of Kent, UK) Goff, Mhorag (University of Manchester
Nerida Spina, Jess Harris, Simon Bailey, Mhorag Goff, Australia) Spina, Nerida (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Harris, Jess (University of Newcastle, UK) Bailey, Simon (University of Kent, UK) Goff, Mhorag (University of Manchester
Nerida Spina, Jess Harris, Simon Bailey, Mhorag Goff, Australia) Spina, Nerida (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Harris, Jess (University of Newcastle, UK) Bailey, Simon (University of Kent, UK) Goff, Mhorag (University of Manchester
Nerida Spina, Jess Harris, Simon Bailey, Mhorag Goff, Australia) Spina, Nerida (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Harris, Jess (University of Newcastle, UK) Bailey, Simon (University of Kent, UK) Goff, Mhorag (University of Manchester