Allen, A. (2012) Cultivating the myopic learner: the shared project of high and low-stakes assessment. British Journal of Sociology of Education. ISSN 0142-5692 (In Press)
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Abstract
This paper argues that despite the obvious and important differences between high and low-stakes assessment, there remain important points in common. These manifest themselves at a sociological level, where each tradition of assessment shares a similar disposition towards power. It is argued that both high and low-stakes assessment as they are practised in England today, act together in support of a wider regime of power. This regime relies upon the construction of specialised subjectivities, defined by a myopic and self-perpetuating concern with individual progression.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2012 Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper accepted for publication in British Journal of Sociology of Education. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
| Keywords: | Assessment, biopower, disciplinary power, process |
| Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ansgar Allen |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2012 16:14 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2013 17:36 |
| Status: | In Press |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| URI: | http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/43705 |
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