Reporting the "Education Revolution": MySchool.edu.au in the Print Media

Autor/in	Mockler, Nicole
Titel	Reporting the "Education Revolution": MySchool.edu.au in the Print Media
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 34 (2013) 1, S.1-16 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2012.698860
Schlagwörter	Educational Quality; News Reporting; Neoliberalism; Position Papers; Achievement Rating; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Mass Media Effects; Mass Media Role; Politics of Education; Web Sites; Personal Narratives; Educational Policy; School Choice; School Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Educational Attitudes; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; News report; Reportage; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Positionspapier; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Web-Design; Erlebniserzählung; Politics of education; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Schuleffizienz; Ausland; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Australien
Abstract	Launched in January 2010, the MySchool.edu.au website, which ranks and compares schools on the basis of standardised literacy and numeracy tests, has been the subject of intense media coverage. This article examines 34 editorials focused on MySchool, published from October 2009 to August 2010, and identifies three key narratives in operation, those of distrust, choice and performance. It argues that these narratives work together to reinforce and promote neoliberal educational discourses at the heart of what Michael Apple has termed the "conservative modernisation" of education and other social services. Together, the dominant narratives position MySchool and the ensuing newspaper-generated and published league tables as the solution to problems of poor performance, "bad" schools and "bad" teachers in the face of times characterised by self-interested teachers and governments keen to shirk their responsibility in the education arena. (Contains 2 tables, 1 figure and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10