ABSTRACT

This article reports on how those working in post-secondary education and training in Singapore perceive the professional effects of a transition to online learning, teaching and assessment (LTA) as a consequence of the COVID-19 global pandemic. It draws on a survey sample of n = 1553 educators and trainers working in Singapore and their perspectives on how a migration to online LTA is producing long-term, if not permanent, changes to the organisation and delivery of post-secondary education and training. It reveals a largely positive view of digital resettlement of education and training in Singapore as a consequence of COVID-19. Yet despite the articulation by respondents of ‘paradigm change’ and ‘education without limits’, we find that an embrace of digitalisation is mobilised (and manipulated) not so much by pedagogical concerns but by economic ambitions and a utilitarian logic common to the neoliberal incantations of a global education policy community.

摘要

本文报道了在新加坡从事高等教育和培训工作的人员如何看待由于 COVID-19 全球大流行而向在线学习、教学和评估 (LTA) 过渡的专业影响。它基于n的调查样本= 1553 名在新加坡工作的教育工作者和培训师，以及他们对迁移到在线 LTA 如何对高等教育和培训的组织和提供产生长期（如果不是永久性）变化的看法。它揭示了 COVID-19 对新加坡教育和培训数字化安置的积极看法。然而，尽管受访者明确表达了“范式改变”和“教育无止境”，但我们发现，数字化的推动（和操纵）与其说是出于教育方面的考虑，不如说是出于经济野心和新自由主义咒语所共有的功利主义逻辑。全球教育政策社区。