Algorithms of Education

How Datafication and Artificial Intelligence Shape Policy

Sam Sellar author Kalervo N Gulson author P Taylor Webb author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Published:17th May '22

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A critique of what lies behind the use of data in contemporary education policy 
 

While the science fiction tales of artificial intelligence eclipsing humanity are still very much fantasies, in Algorithms of Education the authors tell real stories of how algorithms and machines are transforming education governance, providing a fascinating discussion and critique of data and its role in education policy.

Algorithms of Education explores how, for policy makers, today’s ever-growing amount of data creates the illusion of greater control over the educational futures of students and the work of school leaders and teachers. In fact, the increased datafication of education, the authors argue, offers less and less control, as algorithms and artificial intelligence further abstract the educational experience and distance policy makers from teaching and learning. Focusing on the changing conditions for education policy and governance, Algorithms of Education proposes that schools and governments are increasingly turning to “synthetic governance”—a governance where what is human and machine becomes less clear—as a strategy for optimizing education.

Exploring case studies of data infrastructures, facial recognition, and the growing use of data science in education, Algorithms of Education draws on a wide variety of fields—from critical theory and media studies to science and technology studies and education policy studies—mapping the political and methodological directions for engaging with datafication and artificial intelligence in education governance. According to the authors, we must go beyond the debates that separate humans and machines in order to develop new strategies for, and a new politics of, education.

"Algorithms of Education is an essential guide to the possibilities and political implications of artificial intelligence in education policy and governance. Working with ambitious concepts and innovative methods, the authors provocatively ask how education can be governed when policies are implemented by humans and automated machines that think and make decisions together."—Ben Williamson, University of Edinburgh

ISBN: 9781517910242

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm

Weight: unknown

200 pages