Braun, A;
Maguire, M;
(2020)
Doing without believing – enacting policy in the English primary school.
Critical Studies in Education
, 61
(4)
pp. 433-447.
10.1080/17508487.2018.1500384.
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Abstract
This paper explores how six English primary school teachers enact assessment and attainment-focused policy and asks what this performative policy work does and whether it shapes or requires a new kind of primary teacher subjectivity. The paper draws on a small study of policy enactments in two primary schools in Greater London in order to discuss two dimensions of policy enactment that emerged from our data: first, shifting assessment regimes in primary schools which create an enactment environment of second-guessing policy; second, a shift in focus from the individual child to targeted groups that raises questions about more traditional primary school values. The paper concludes with a reflection on the effects of contradictory values and practices and how this policy context creates a form of ‘doing without believing’ in the English primary school.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Doing without believing – enacting policy in the English primary school |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17508487.2018.1500384 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2018.1500384 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Affect, performativity, policy enactment, primary school, primary teachers, teacher subjectivity |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10052288 |
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