Teacher evaluation as an onto-epistemic framework

• Published in: British journal of sociology of education Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 174 - 189
• Main Author: Holloway, Jessica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 17.02.2019; Taylor & Francis, Ltd; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Accountability; Compliance; Compliance (Psychology); Epistemology; Ethics; Evaluators; Middle School Teachers; Middle Schools; Neoliberalism; ontology; performativity; Professional Identity; Professionalism; Surveillance; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Effectiveness; Teacher Evaluation; Teacher evaluations; Teachers; Value Added Models

This article analyzes the constitutive and productive effects of one US middle school's teacher evaluation system, and the way it operates to (re)make teacher subjects. Using transcripts from interviews with teachers and evaluators, as well as policy and system protocol documents, the article d...