Shifting regulative ideas of education policy and practice

ǂthe ǂcase of quality assurance in education in Slovenia

Abstract

Based on Foucault’s concept of the dispositive, the paper attempts to show how societies and schools have been functioning for some time now by regulating three dispositives: juridical, disciplinary, and security. While the crises of the 1970s shifted the combination of dispositives in education in the West towards security, this shift in the rationality of education policy and practice did not occur in Slovenia until the 1990s, following the broader political transition to democracy and a market economy. The paper aims to present these shifts through the structuring of quality assurance mechanisms in education in Slovenia in the previous two decades. First, the concept of quality assurance is presented as part of a broader change in society and education. This is followed by analyses of the dynamics of the conceptualisation, implementation, and regulation of quality assurance in education in Slovenia. Complementarily, following Bourdieu’s approach, seven interviews with experts from the field of quality assurance are presented, with the aim of reflecting on the past and shedding light on the current state of affairs in quality assurance in education in Slovenia.

Keywords

quality;dispositive;security;education;regulative idea;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2021
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher:	University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
UDC:	37.014.5(497.4)
COBISS:	67994115
ISSN:	1855-9719
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Ugotavljanje in zagotavljanje kakovosti v šolstvu v Sloveniji
Secondary abstract:	Izhajajoč iz Foucaultevega kategorialnega aparata, družba in šole že dlje časa delujejo na prepletu treh dispozitivov: juridičnega, disciplinskega in dispozitiva varnosti. S krizo sedemdesetih let prejšnjega stoletja zahodne družbe zaznamuje zamik dispozitivov v smer dispozitiva varnosti, medtem ko je ta zamik v edukacijskih politikah in praksah v Sloveniji mogoče zaznati šele v devetdesetih letih dvajsetega stoletja v povezavi s prehodom v demokratični politični sistem in tržno ekonomijo. Prispevek tematizira omenjene zamike na primeru vzpostavljanja mehanizmov ugotavljanja in zagotavljanja kakovosti v vzgoji in izobraževanju v Sloveniji v preteklih desetletjih. Koncept ugotavljanja in zagotavljanja kakovosti je najprej predstavljen kot del širših zamikov v družbi in polju edukacije. Sledi analiza konceptualizacij, implementacije in regulacije ugotavljanja in zagotavljanja kakovosti v vzgoji in izobraževanju v Sloveniji. Izhajajoč iz Bourdieujevega pristopa, prispevek v izhodiščno zastavitev vpenja analizo sedmih intervjujev z eksperti in ekspertinjami s področja ugotavljanja in zagotavljanja kakovosti v vzgoji in izobraževanju v Sloveniji z namenom refleksije preteklih in prihodnjih izzivov politik in praks ugotavljanja in zagotavljanja kakovosti v šolstvu v Sloveniji.
Secondary keywords:	izobraževalna politika;družbene spremembe;kakovost;dispozitivi;varnost;Slovenija;education;vzgoja in izobraževanje;
File type:	application/pdf
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 145-164
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ11
Issue:	ǂno. ǂ2
Chronology:	2021
DOI:	10.26529/cepsj.1078
ID:	13156757