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Challenging The Politics Of The Teacher Accountability Movement: Toward A More Hopeful Educational Future
Occasional Paper Series
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'Nobody Is Watching But Everything I Do Is Measured': Teacher Accountability, Learner Agency And The Crisis Of Control., Joanne Dargusch, Jennifer Charteris
'Nobody Is Watching But Everything I Do Is Measured': Teacher Accountability, Learner Agency And The Crisis Of Control., Joanne Dargusch, Jennifer Charteris
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
It is widely acknowledged that there is systemic pressure on teachers to enact assessment practices that raise student achievement. In this article assessment related discourses that influence teacher and student classroom practices are examined in relation to initial teacher education. In Australia, preservice teachers (PSTs) are required to demonstrate assessment capability, promote student agency and monitor their practice impact on student learning whilst working in schooling ecologies that are marked by high stakes accountability measures. Processes that bridge university and in-school PST teacher preparation are an important consideration in developing assessment capability. It is argued that there are tensions in …
Educational Revolution, Peter Taubman
Educational Revolution, Peter Taubman
Occasional Paper Series
Invites the reader to reclaim the conversation and turn back the on-going privatization and corporatization of public schools.
The Teacher Accountability Debate, Diane Ravitch
The Teacher Accountability Debate, Diane Ravitch
Occasional Paper Series
The teacher accountability narrative is part of a larger effort to restructure the teaching profession by turning it into a market-based activity.This paper seeks to deconstruct the assumptions embedded in the narrative.
Accountability And The Contemporary Intellectual, Greg Dimitriadis, Marc Lamont Hill
Accountability And The Contemporary Intellectual, Greg Dimitriadis, Marc Lamont Hill
Occasional Paper Series
Analyzes the language and values that have framed the accountability movement.