Commercial Triage in Public Schooling: COVID-19, Autonomy and 'within System' Inequality
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| Title: | Commercial Triage in Public Schooling: COVID-19, Autonomy and 'within System' Inequality |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Lauren Cuskelly (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Educational Administration and History. 2024 56(4):448-464. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Commercialization, Public Schools, COVID-19, Pandemics, Equal Education, Personal Autonomy, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Decision Making, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00220620.2023.2174953 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0620 1478-7431 |
| Abstract: | The importance of commercial products increased in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly as leaders grappled with school closures. Pre-COVID principals viewed their schools as mainly procuring commercial services for administrative support and teacher professional development. After school closures, principals came to emphasise commercialisation as technological infrastructure, online learning platforms, video conferencing software and/or digital tools for community engagement. This shift was borne out of necessity as principals found themselves having to make 'snap decisions' as to the products that could best support their school communities. This is a specific form of 'triaging' as the pandemic required leaders with pedagogical and curricular expertise to make technical decisions. In systems where increasing autonomy has been offset by decreasing central support, the concern is that issues of access and utility of commercial products can be pernicious in rewarding the privileged and effectively punishing the least advantaged within public systems. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1446015 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The importance of commercial products increased in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly as leaders grappled with school closures. Pre-COVID principals viewed their schools as mainly procuring commercial services for administrative support and teacher professional development. After school closures, principals came to emphasise commercialisation as technological infrastructure, online learning platforms, video conferencing software and/or digital tools for community engagement. This shift was borne out of necessity as principals found themselves having to make 'snap decisions' as to the products that could best support their school communities. This is a specific form of 'triaging' as the pandemic required leaders with pedagogical and curricular expertise to make technical decisions. In systems where increasing autonomy has been offset by decreasing central support, the concern is that issues of access and utility of commercial products can be pernicious in rewarding the privileged and effectively punishing the least advantaged within public systems. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-0620 1478-7431 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00220620.2023.2174953 |
