Evaluations and the Forgetfulness of Pedagogical Relations: Remarks on Educational Authority
Evaluations and the Forgetfulness of Pedagogical Relations: Remarks on Educational Authority
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评价与教育关系的遗忘:对教育权威的评论
DOI:
10.1111/edth.12024
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
1
通讯作者:
Christiane
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作者:
Thompson;Christiane
In this essay, Christiane Thompson addresses the question of evaluative practices, particularly student evaluation of teaching (SET), and their effects with respect to pedagogical relations in the university setting. In the first part of the essay, Thompson draws on Michel Foucault's analysis of power to show how university teaching has come to be defined according to notions of obligation, accountability, and assurance. The forgetfulness of pedagogical relations that results from the increasing use of SET prompts Thompson torethinkthe significance of pedagogical relations in the second part of the essay. Referring to the notion of “educational authority” and Foucault's framework of power, Thompson argues that education is about the continuous re‐institution of pedagogical relation to the other. In the final section, Thompson reflects upon the professor's “authority” in terms of constituting a “community of inquiry”: specifically, the seminar is interpreted as a pedagogical setting that implies a different “being‐with” than SET suggests. She concludes by considering what possibilities and limitations the seminar setting offers and how we can discuss this issue (by means of evaluative practice).