Saturday, 7 November 2009

The discourse of accountancy within education

Power (1994) emphasises the discourse of accountancy within education. He argues that teachers' professional judgement, autonomy and academic knowledge are being diminished in favour of accountability, cost efficiency and measuring effectiveness. Current fixation with 'productivity' reinforces this discourse, normalising the practice of lecturers having to acount for how they are spending their non-teaching hours. In this climate how is it possible to engage staff?
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  1. becoming and transforming - test8 November 2009 at 14:08

    And how can we engage learners in the way we want if the staff voice is muted or ignored?

    Do you have the full reference for Power? I'm presuming that's the author's name - if it is, how appropriate is that?

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  2. karen9 November 2009 at 08:15

    Yes, it's: Power M (1994) The audit explosion, London:Demos.

    I know, it's very appropriate.

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