COVID-19 AND THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE: A COMPUTER-ASSISTED DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF #IBSCANDAL

Covid-19 has occasioned ongoing shifts in discourse as language changes to reflect and shape new stages of the global pandemic and different voices weigh in on topics, such as infectious diseases and vaccine efficacy. This study looks at an instance of this that relates to the 'global education...

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Published inBritish journal of educational studies Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 129 - 148
Main Author Fitzgerald, Saira
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 04.03.2023
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Achievement tests
Advanced Placement Programs
corpus linguistics
COVID-19
critical discourse analysis
Discourse Analysis
Discrepancies
Efficacy
global education
High Stakes Tests
ibscandal
Infectious diseases
International Baccalaureate
International education
Language Usage
Pandemics
Scandals
Scores
Social Media
Twitter
Values
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Summary:Covid-19 has occasioned ongoing shifts in discourse as language changes to reflect and shape new stages of the global pandemic and different voices weigh in on topics, such as infectious diseases and vaccine efficacy. This study looks at an instance of this that relates to the 'global education industry', where cancellation of the International Baccalaureate's May 2020 high stakes examination instigated a wide-ranging discussion about the organisation. This was triggered by the publication of IB results for 174,355 students in 146 countries, many of which showed large discrepancies between predicted and final grades. Using computer-assisted discourse analysis and a corpus of tweets containing the hashtag #ibscandal, patterns of language use are analysed, providing valuable new insights into the impact on students in different national contexts.
ISSN:0007-1005
1467-8527
DOI:10.1080/00071005.2022.2056575