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Ball Stephen J. (1997). « Good School/Bad School : Paradox and fabrication ». British Journal of Sociology of Education, vol. 18, n° 3, septembre, p. 317–336.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Ball1997  |
Categories: General Keywords: Grande Bretagne, politique d'évaluation, politique éducative, réforme Creators: Ball Collection: British Journal of Sociology of Education |
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This paper, drawn from an ESRC-funded research project, deploys data from one secondary school to raise some general issues about the development of disciplinary technologies of surveillance and uses of performativity in education. It is argued that the use of Total Quality Management, School Development Planning and Ofsted (The Office for Standards in Education) Inspections, individually and collectively produce an intensification of teachers' work, submit teachers more directly to the 'gaze' of policy, and encourage schools and teachers to 'fabricate' themselves for the purposes of evaluation and comparison. The paper is premised on the argument that schools cannot be represented adequately within research (or evaluation) by simple stories or single essentialising tags; 'good/bad', 'successful/failing' -- they are inherently paradoxical institutions. Added by: orey Last edited by: Feyfant Annie |