Evaluation as a mechanism of the regulation of academic work. Case studies at universities in Argentina and Spain

This article focuses on evaluation as a mechanism for regulation within the university field and its impact on academic work. An analysis, based on the literature and data obtained in an investigation that addressed policy evaluation of teaching in Argentina and Spain, reveals that assessment proces...

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Main Author: Verónica Soledad Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona State University 2017-10-01
Series:Education Policy Analysis Archives
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Online Access:https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/2681
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description This article focuses on evaluation as a mechanism for regulation within the university field and its impact on academic work. An analysis, based on the literature and data obtained in an investigation that addressed policy evaluation of teaching in Argentina and Spain, reveals that assessment processes propitiate forms of organization of academic work characterized by individualism, strategic actions, simulation, competition, bureaucratization, and stress. The article proposes that assessment is an instrument of subjectivity that shapes particular ways of inhabiting the university.
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spelling doaj.art-bf9e26ab03384f53ba4dc967cfbd81592022-12-21T18:12:42ZengArizona State UniversityEducation Policy Analysis Archives1068-23412017-10-0125010.14507/epaa.25.26811679Evaluation as a mechanism of the regulation of academic work. Case studies at universities in Argentina and SpainVerónica Soledad Walker0Universidad Nacional del SurThis article focuses on evaluation as a mechanism for regulation within the university field and its impact on academic work. An analysis, based on the literature and data obtained in an investigation that addressed policy evaluation of teaching in Argentina and Spain, reveals that assessment processes propitiate forms of organization of academic work characterized by individualism, strategic actions, simulation, competition, bureaucratization, and stress. The article proposes that assessment is an instrument of subjectivity that shapes particular ways of inhabiting the university.https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/2681Trabajo académicoUniversidadEvaluaciónSubjetivaciónOrganización del trabajo
spellingShingle Verónica Soledad Walker
Evaluation as a mechanism of the regulation of academic work. Case studies at universities in Argentina and Spain
Education Policy Analysis Archives
Trabajo académico
Universidad
Evaluación
Subjetivación
Organización del trabajo
title Evaluation as a mechanism of the regulation of academic work. Case studies at universities in Argentina and Spain
title_full Evaluation as a mechanism of the regulation of academic work. Case studies at universities in Argentina and Spain
title_fullStr Evaluation as a mechanism of the regulation of academic work. Case studies at universities in Argentina and Spain
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation as a mechanism of the regulation of academic work. Case studies at universities in Argentina and Spain
title_short Evaluation as a mechanism of the regulation of academic work. Case studies at universities in Argentina and Spain
title_sort evaluation as a mechanism of the regulation of academic work case studies at universities in argentina and spain
topic Trabajo académico
Universidad
Evaluación
Subjetivación
Organización del trabajo
url https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/2681
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