Patricia Broadfoot

The Sociology of Assessment: Comparative and Policy Perspectives (eBook, ePUB)

The Selected Works of Patricia Broadfoot

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In a collection of her most influential work spanning nearly four decades, Patricia Broadfoot applies her trademark sociological and comparative perspective to empirical studies at every level of the educational system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429557675
• Artikelnr.: 60773632

Autorenporträt

Dr Patricia Broadfoot is Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Education at the University of Bristol, UK. She is a former Head of the School of Education, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Bristol and was Vice Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire, UK. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and was awarded the CBE for services to Social Science.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Part 1 The rationality of judgement: understanding
educational assessment sociologically. 1. Competence, competition, content
and control: how assessment mediates the relationship between education and
society. 2. Selection, certification and control: meritocracy or social
reproduction? Part 2 Insights from comparing national education systems:
empirical studies of differences in the impact of assessment for system
control on teachers and pupils 3. Towards a focus on learning and culture:
time for a new approach to comparative education? 4. New forms of system
control: the power of assessment as a tool for accountability and
legitimation. 5.Using the comparative approach to understand teachers'
priorities: the 'Bristaix study of English and French education. 6. Values,
understanding and power: mapping the impact of assessment policy changes on
teachers' practice through the PACE project. 7. Comparing influences on
pupil achievement? Insights from the QUEST project. 8. Culture, context and
policy: new perspectives on learning from the ENCOMPASS study of pupils in
England, France and Denmark. Part 3 Assessment as a policy tool 9.
Performativity versus empowerment: how the 'assessment society' is
inhibiting the advent of a 'learning society'. 10. Assessment as a social
technology: the socio-cultural origins and implications of the 'standards'
agenda. Part 4 Anticipating the future: assessment for learning and the
digital revolution. 11. Enter the 'assessment society': international
trends and future challenges. 12. Challenging the status quo: the potential
of assessment for learning. 13. Towards an Assessment Revolution? The
potentially transforming potential of computer-based assessment. Epilogue
Postscript