Impact in education : A discourse analysis of interpretations and negotiations across the field
Journal article
Ryan, Mary, Bourke, Terri, Lane, Rod, O’Brien, Peter and L’Estrange, Lyra. (2020). Impact in education : A discourse analysis of interpretations and negotiations across the field. Teaching Education. 331(1), pp. 27-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/10476210.2020.1801621
Authors | Ryan, Mary, Bourke, Terri, Lane, Rod, O’Brien, Peter and L’Estrange, Lyra |
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Abstract | The recasting of accountability in teaching and teacher education as a problem of impact across many countries has seen a proliferation of policies and strategies that datify the work of students and teachers. The enactment of such policies can be interrogated from the perspectives of multiple policy actors to understand the effects of the ‘impact agenda’. We use the conceptual framing of policy enactment along with discourse analysis to investigate the interpretations and negotiations of the impact agenda by twenty teachers, principals, teacher educators, regulators and policymakers from across Australia. Ten discourses were evident across interpretive, material and discursive aspects of policy enactment. Key findings include a real tension between holistic views of impact and reductive views that rely on data analytics, as well as standardisation versus the importance of accounting for the contextual conditions that influence learning and teaching. We argue that educators must be positioned as key policy actors in driving the way impact is understood and measured. |
Keywords | impact in education; educational policy; critical discourse analysis; teacher accountability; educational data; policy enactment |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Teaching Education |
Journal citation | 331 (1), pp. 27-41 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1047-6210 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/10476210.2020.1801621 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85089551583 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 27-41 |
Author's accepted manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 17 Aug 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 21 Jul 2020 |
Deposited | 22 Feb 2022 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8x5y2/impact-in-education-a-discourse-analysis-of-interpretations-and-negotiations-across-the-field
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