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  title info:
    title: Discourse analysis of assessment policies in higher education
    sub title: a Foucauldian approach
  name:
    name part: Raaper, Rille
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: Case studies.
  genre: Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    place:
      place term: Place of publication not identified]
    publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: I started my PhD studies in 2012 with a strong interest in student assessment in higher education. By exploring the scholarly field of assessment studies, however, I soon realized that assessment has been most often explored in relation to constructivist approaches to learning and classroom practices. Earlier work done by sociologists saw grades as being the main currency in educational institutions; however, this was a minor voice in the field. Being inspired by a lack of critical voice in assessment studies, I wanted to re-question some of the key issues related to institutional purposes of assessment in contemporary higher education and to focus on assessment policies rather than the improvement of classroom practices. My study received guidance from Michel Foucaults work on discipline and governmentality, and his methodological focus on discourse. This case study will explore the ways in which Foucaults theories were adapted to this particular research and how the theoretical framework was operationalized through qualitative research methods and critical discourse analysis. The case study draws on my empirical study of assessment policies in two European universities: the University of Glasgow and Tallinn University. Furthermore, the case highlights the triumphs, troubles, and challenges I encountered when carrying out a Foucault-inspired doctoral research. The article finishes by making recommendations for beginning researchers in the field.
  note: Rille Raaper.
  note: Title from content provider.
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    geographic code: e------
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Foucault, Michel
      name part: 1926-1984
    topic: Criticism and interpretation
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Foucault, Michel
      name part: 1926-1984
  subject:
    topic: Education, Higher
    topic: Research
    geographic: Europe
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Educational evaluation
    topic: Research
    geographic: Europe
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Educational tests and measurements
    topic: Research
    geographic: Europe
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Enseignement supérieur
    topic: Recherche
    geographic: Europe
    genre: Études de cas
  subject:
    topic: Évaluation en éducation
    topic: Recherche
    geographic: Europe
    genre: Études de cas
  subject:
    topic: Tests et mesures en éducation
    topic: Recherche
    geographic: Europe
    genre: Études de cas
  subject:
    topic: Education, Higher
    topic: Research
  subject:
    topic: Educational evaluation
    topic: Research
  subject:
    topic: Educational tests and measurements
    topic: Research
  subject:
    geographic: Europe
  classification: LA628 .R33 2017
  classification: 378.4
  identifier: 9781473975019
  identifier: 1473975018
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: COO
    record creation date: 170208
    record change date: 20240923170109.1
    record identifier: in00005492578
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng