This exploratory paper presents insights from a qualitative interview-based study of the academic identity-building among a group of early career researchers working in the field of education across the European higher education space. Set against a policy background framed by the initiatives in European higher education and research policy, geared towards a production of a mobile, entrepreneurial researcher in pursuit of ‘valuable’ knowledge, the respondents’ narratives reveal individual complexity, but also emerging patterns of professional identification. We identify the traditional academic values of creating and sharing knowledge validated by an epistemic community, and pursuing autonomy and collegiality in research, as still dominant, however, find these interacting with the demonstration of a strong proactive, entrepreneurial spirit, and a lack of institutional attachment. The narratives indicate the availability of supportive, encouraging communities as being of high significance, and contest the notions of Europeanisation and the utility of geographic mobility in researchers’ identities. The paper discusses different types of academic identification driven by value orientation and social attachment that emerged from the early career researchers’ interviews, alongside pervasive issues around mobility raised in most narratives, and concludes with suggestions for further study.
Resumo: Este artigo pretende analisar o relacionamento entre o Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), desenvolvido pela OCDE e o Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (IDEB), desenvolvido pelo INEP. Os sistemas educativos atuais estão sujeitos a programas de avaliação estandardizada em nível nacional e internacional. Esse processo é resultado da implementação da Nova Gestão Pública (NGP) que no Brasil começa a ser introduzido a partir dos anos noventa. Nesse contexto os dados estatísticos assumem um papel relevante como instrumento do governo da política pública. Este texto apresentará de forma sumária o desenvolvimento histórico do PISA e do IDEB, como se relacionam - do ponto de vista estatístico-metodológico e político - e como essas dinâmicas influenciam a política educacional do país.
L’article examine les modifications les plus marquantes intervenues dans la gouvernance et l’organisation des universités en Europe et leurs effets sur le travail des universitaires. Il explique comment les principes de l’assurance qualité et la Nouvelle Gestion publique génèrent de nouvelles normes et attentes à l’encontre des enseignants-chercheurs à l’intérieur comme à l’extérieur de leur université. En présentant les traits fondamentaux de ces nouveaux dispositifs gestionnaires, et leurs conséquences sur l’enseignement et la recherche, il est possible de caractériser de nouvelles conventions du travail académique qui organisent un déplacement d’un professionnalisme de métier à un professionnalisme de l’organisation.
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