WHATS WRONG WITH OUTCOMES - SPOTTER PLANES, ACTION PLANS, AND STEERAGE OF THE EDUCATIONAL WORKPLACE

Authors
SMYTH J DOW A
Citation
J. Smyth et A. Dow, WHATS WRONG WITH OUTCOMES - SPOTTER PLANES, ACTION PLANS, AND STEERAGE OF THE EDUCATIONAL WORKPLACE, British journal of sociology of education, 19(3), 1998, pp. 291-303
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology,"Education & Educational Research
Journal title
British journal of sociology of education → ACNP
ISSN journal
01425692
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
291 - 303
Database
ISI
SICI code
0142-5692(1998)19:3<291:WWWO-S>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Educational outcomes have descended on schools with a ferocity unimagi nable a few years ago. We have reached the point where outcomes rhetor ic is so deeply embedded in the official discourses of schooling that it appears to be 'the only game in town'. This paper outlines the econ omic rationalist origins of outcomes orientations, and uses an Austral ian background to expose the pervasive myth about the relationship of outcomes to aspects of teaching and learning.