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ERIC Number: EJ1381656
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Aug
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0313-5373
EISSN: EISSN-1835-517X
Are Teachers Still the 'Problem'? An Analysis of the NSW Education "What Works Best" Documents
Fuller, Brad Anthony
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v47 n8 Article 6 p87-99 Aug 2022
This paper interrogates Stacey's assertion that New South Wales (NSW) education policy is underpinned by a 'particular instance of neoliberalisation' which has significant 'direct and material impacts' on teachers. It examines the role Evidence-based Practice can play in the neoliberalist reform of education globally and analyses the Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation's What Works Best documents. The paper asserts that the character of education policy in NSW is consistent with the wider Global Education Reform Movement and continues to exhibit and extend the neoliberalist tendencies identified by Stacey. Furthermore, it claims that, through a collection of neoliberalist devices, teachers are being 'governed at a distance' through documents such as What Works Best. It is hoped this paper might provide teachers with 'insights and arguments to help them to resist unwarranted expectations about the role of evidence in their practices and even more so of unwarranted interventions in their practices'.
Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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