Most schools have a few ‘big ticket’ data points – a particular indicator, score or ranking which looms large in … More
Author: Neil
School Data Analyst: a job description for the datafied school
[advertised job during the first month of our research] Data Analyst Full-time, ongoing position, commencing January 2019 Use your expertise … More
We haven’t seen your face around here before …
We enter into the foyer of the main school building. This space has low ceilings with various school paraphernalia on … More
Hit 4.1 and you’re flagging ‘Purple’
[note: this is a ‘composite account’ of similar practices encountered across three different educational institutions. By combining the stories, this … More
Taking an ‘idiotic’ approach toward participatory design
An implicit feature of our participatory design workshops is that they are unlikely to ‘work’. In fact, whether the workshops … More
Taking our methods for a walk
Taking a lead from social anthropology and geography, it is clear that movement and mobility are key elements of the … More
‘Live methods’ and the study of the datafied school
The quickly developing nature of data-driven schooling invites us to think expansively and imaginatively about how we ‘do’ our research. … More
