Abstract

This paper seeks to contribute to the understanding of the ‘panopticon’ in educational research, problematising its validity and offering a fresh conceptualisation of teacher surveillance. The school as a ‘panopticon’ is a well-established concept which helpfully enables a consideration of aspects of high-stakes accountability. The present paper explores the question of how contemporary teachers perceive themselves to be subject to scrutiny and the consequences of this surveillance. It is argued that whilst the panopticon (and its variants) remain very valid notions for understanding performativity in contemporary schools, that a complementary metaphor can be offered which enables a fuller consideration of the ‘unseen’ behaviours induced by a high accountability environment.

摘要

本文旨在帮助理解教育研究中的“全景摄像机”，质疑其有效性并提供对教师监督的全新概念化。学校作为“全景监狱”是一个成熟的概念，有助于考虑高风险问责制的各个方面。本文探讨了当代教师如何看待自己受到审查的问题以及这种监督的后果。有人认为，虽然全景图（及其变体）对于理解当代学校的表演性仍然是非常有效的概念，但可以提供一个补充的比喻，它能够更全面地考虑由高度问责的环境引起的“看不见的”行为。