Toward a historical ontology of the infopolitics of data-driven decision-making (DDDM) in education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8858280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Austin Pickup (0000-0002-8082-2105, Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, & Adult Learning Programs, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1476-1487 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-09 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00131857.2021.1935232 |
| OpenAlex | W3170128510 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 27 |
This paper interrogates the fundamental logic of data-driven decision-making (DDDM) as it has taken hold in education and argues for a critical analysis of data-driven education via an attitude of historical ontology. Though influenced by Foucault’s understanding of this concept, I center Colin Koopman’s recent analysis of the ‘informational person’ to point attention to the ways in which the very formatting of data may be understood as historically contingent and, thus, more contestable. After examining the background of DDDM and relevant critiques of it, I suggest that investigating the socio-historical formations of data itself are important for indicating its potential dangers within education. Such a critical analysis identifies the doubled politics of data formatting, with its ability to tether subjectivity to data, while potentially baking modes of power into a variety of technological data apparatuses. To conclude, I consider Koopman’s work in terms of how it may extend critical studies of educational datafication
Data science · Disk formatting · Epistemology · Ontology · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Subjectivity · Variety (cybernetics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting · Law · Online Learning and Analytics · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |