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Final thoughts
Week 12: Final reflection In this blog post I will attempt to synthesise my thoughts on the data visualisation assignment across the three learning blocks. My enrolment on the Critical Data in Education course arose out of some interesting debates I had earlier in the year with my brother, who works in sales for one…
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Block 3: Governing with Data
A key theme explored in this block was that of ‘accountability’ – the process by which students, educators, schools and other administrators record their progress. Accountability in education has widespread implications for policy and decision making at a national, district and intra-school level by allowing stakeholders to examine and compare key performance metrics of schools.…
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Block 2: Teaching with Data
Block 2: Teaching with Data ‘Teaching with data’ is not necessarily a new phenomenon in education. Teachers have long used data gleamed through summative and formative assessments to make adjustments to their own practice, and inform their planning decisions in departments (Brown, 2020). This block explored how digital technologies and platforms have heavily altered the…
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Block 1: Learning With Data
Two of the major themes explored in this block that stood out to me include the datification of education as well as the presentation of ‘personalised learning’. The ‘datafication of education’ refers to the ways in which intensive data processing is increasingly pervading and reshaping formal educational activities (Knox, Williamson & Bayne 2019) Knox, Williamson…
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