Cultural and epistemological otherness in PISA : a translation studies perspective
Fundamentally, this research is concerned with the discussion and analysis of concepts on which the PISA survey (Programme for International Student Assessment) and the workings of the OECD as an intergovernmental organisation currently appear to be predicated (according to the OECDâs own publications); it is therefore to be understood primarily as a theoretical contribution to the study of the role of translation in PISA and the OECD. Processes involved in the development of the assessment are discussed in order to highlight the structural as well as procedural shortcomings of PISA, which potentially contribute to the exclusion of cultural and epistemological otherness in the assessment: on the one hand, the development process established by the OECD will be analysed in the light of Pierre Bourdieuâs concept of symbolic power (1989), as it will be suggested that, in the context of PISA, the power imbalance between OECD and non-OECD member states impacts directly on the development process, and on the extent to which both cultural and epistemological otherness are recognised and represented in PISA testing material. On the other hand, the limitations of the processes and models involved in the translation
Kaess, Kathleen
Cultural and epistemological otherness in PISA : a translation studies perspective. Fundamentally, this research is concerned with the discussion and analysis of concepts on which the PISA survey (Programme for International Student Assessment) and the workings of the OECD as an intergovernmental organisation currently appear to be predicated (according to the OECDâs own publications); it is therefore to be understood primarily as a theoretical contribution to the study of the role of translation in PISA and the OECD. Processes involved in the development of the assessment are discussed in order to highlight the structural as well as procedural shortcomings of PISA, which potentially contribute to the exclusion of cultural and epistemological otherness in the assessment: on the one hand, the development process established by the OECD will be analysed in the light of Pierre Bourdieuâs concept of symbolic power (1989), as it will be suggested that, in the context of PISA, the power imbalance between OECD and non-OECD member states impacts directly on the development process, and on the extent to which both cultural and epistemological otherness are recognised and represented in PISA testing material. On the other hand, the limitations of the processes and models involved in the translation
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