Governing by Numbers : Education, governance, and the tyranny of numbers /: Education, governance, and the tyranny of numbers. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen J. Ball.
• Editors: Ball, Stephen J
• Contents: Introduction: Education, governance and the tyranny of numbers Stephen J. Ball 1. The ‘datafication’ of early years pedagogy: ‘if the teaching is good, the data should be good and if there’s bad teaching, there is bad data’ Guy Roberts-Holmes 2. Elastic numbers: national examinations data as a technology of government Nelli Piattoeva 3. A logic of enumeration: the nature and effects of national literacy and numeracy testing in Australia Ian Hardy 4. Performativity and pedagogising knowledge: globalising educational policy formation, dissemination and enactment Parlo Singh 5. International rankings and the contest for university hegemony Imanol Ordorika and Marion Lloyd 6. Evaluation policy in education: the effects of international standards and performativity on Brazil’s postgraduate programmes of excellence Regina Célia Linhares Hostins 7. State school inspection policy in Norway and Sweden (2002–2012): a reconfiguration of governing modes? Jeffrey Brooks Hall and Kirsten Sivesind
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (174 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351789387; 1351789384
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