Student attendance is a basic data-point in the daily operations of every school … so what does school use of attendance data tell us about the realities of the ‘datafication’ of education?
‘We know our customers’
During our research we are always trying to explore the reasons, motivations and rationales that lie behind why schools are…
new DSS article in Oxford Review of Education
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new paper from our empirical work in the journal Oxford Review…
Why we need to talk more about data (in education)
Some of the main findings emerging from our research relate to the relatively limited ways in which our schools are engaging…
Participatory Design – a checklist for researchers
Educational researchers are showing a growing interest in ‘Participatory Design’ (PD) and other collaborative ‘co-design’ approaches. Education researchers considering PD…
The surprising non-appearance of the datafied school? (video presentation)
Neil Selwyn and Luci Pangrazio present a short 15 minute talk on emerging findings from the ‘Data Smart Schools’ project. This is part of the ‘Why Talk About Data (In Education)?’ symposium run by Sheffield Hallam University.
Maintenance matters
Our research is certainly showing the importance of schools’ data infrastructures, and the ongoing maintenance and repair work that is…
Excel stories …
Data work in schools tends to rely heavily on popular software tools such as Microsoft’s stalwart ‘Excel’ spreadsheet. One might like…
new DSS article in Research Papers in Education
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new paper from our empirical work in the journal Research Papers…
The Tyranny of Metrics (Jerry Muller)
Much has been written about the general shift over to data, quantification and metrics across contemporary society. As Jerry Muller…
