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Clayton, Matthew and Halliday, Daniel (2017) Big data and the liberal conception of education. Theory and Research in Education, 15 (3). pp. 290-305. doi:10.1177/1477878517734450 ISSN 1477-8785.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/1477878517734450
Abstract
This paper develops a perspective on big data in education, drawing on a broadly liberal conception of education’s primary purpose. We focus especially on the rise of so-called learning analytics, and the associated rise of digitization, which we evaluate according to the liberal view that education should seek to cultivate individuality, and proceed partly by way of experimentation and with an emphasis on civic education. Our argument is not that the use of big data is wholly out of place in education. Indeed, it might have significant value in pursuit of certain educational aims. Nevertheless, the liberal conception shows how education is distinct from other domains in which big data is being applied, in ways that suggest that considerable caution must be exercised when they are used in educational contexts.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Big data, Educational technology, Civics -- Study and teaching, Education -- Philosophy, Liberalism | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Theory and Research in Education | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1477-8785 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 November 2017 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 15 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 290-305 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/1477878517734450 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 September 2017 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 September 2017 | ||||||||
| Funder: | Center for Ethics and Education |
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