Cruel Optimism in Edtech: When the Digital Data Practices of Educational Technology Providers Inadvertently Hinder Educational Equity

Autor/in	Macgilchrist, Felicitas
Titel	Cruel Optimism in Edtech: When the Digital Data Practices of Educational Technology Providers Inadvertently Hinder Educational Equity
Quelle	In: Learning, Media and Technology, 44 (2019) 1, S.77-86 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Macgilchrist, Felicitas)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1743-9884
DOI	10.1080/17439884.2018.1556217
Schlagwörter	Educational Technology; Ethnography; Data Analysis; Equal Education; Justice; Positive Attitudes; Educational Change; Corporations; Academic Achievement; Achievement Gap; Privacy; Governance; Educational Administration; Ethics; Nonprofit Organizations; Racial Differences; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Ethnografie; Auswertung; Gerechtigkeit; Bildungsreform; Unternehmen; Schulleistung; Privatsphäre; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Ethik; Nonprofit-Organisation; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	As digital data become increasingly central to education, hopes for educational equity are pinned more strongly on educational technology providers. This paper examines the data practices of edtech providers who are not simply making token gestures towards justice and equality. Drawing on ethnographic interviews and Berlant's notion of cruel optimism, it presents three data stories. The paper suggests that datafication in education provides a showcase of cruel optimism, i.e., when the object of desire is blocking one's flourishing. The conclusion considers the constitutive paradoxes of datafied education, and implications for the current phase of edu-technical transformation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01