Nineteenth-Century World’s Fairs as Accountability Systems: Scopic Systems, Audit Practices and Educational Data

Late-19th century World’s Fairs constitute an important chapter in the history of educational accountability. International expositions allowed for educational systems and practices to be “audited” by lay and expert audiences. In this article we examine how World’s Fair exhibitors sought to make vis...

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Main Authors:	Noah W. Sobe, David T. Boven
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Arizona State University 2014-12-01
Series:	Education Policy Analysis Archives
Subjects:	accountability history of education world’s fairs international expositions audit practices comparative education
Online Access:	https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1673

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spelling	doaj-4e30210d7dd5421b912ca37349a4cead2020-11-25T03:00:42ZengArizona State UniversityEducation Policy Analysis Archives1068-23412014-12-0122010.14507/epaa.v22.16731300Nineteenth-Century World’s Fairs as Accountability Systems: Scopic Systems, Audit Practices and Educational DataNoah W. Sobe0David T. Boven1Loyola University ChicagoLoyola University ChicagoLate-19th century World’s Fairs constitute an important chapter in the history of educational accountability. International expositions allowed for educational systems and practices to be “audited” by lay and expert audiences. In this article we examine how World’s Fair exhibitors sought to make visible educational practices and institutions for external validation. Focusing especially on the American education exhibits mounted at Vienna (1873), Philadelphia (1876), Chicago (1893), and Paris (1900), we use historical documents connected with the preparation of exhibits as well as reports written during and after the Fairs to bring to light the curatorial principles and exhibitionary practices governing education exhibits. This examination helps us to understand educational accountability mechanisms and procedures not simply as technical undertakings, but as social systems with an important set of effects. The scopic systems at play and in contestation for accurately and fairly presenting education systems for outside scrutiny did much to shape the national/international contexts within which school systems operate as well as in what directions educators and policymakers sought to direct/redirect schooling.https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1673accountabilityhistory of educationworld’s fairsinternational expositionsaudit practicescomparative education
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title	Nineteenth-Century World’s Fairs as Accountability Systems: Scopic Systems, Audit Practices and Educational Data
title_short	Nineteenth-Century World’s Fairs as Accountability Systems: Scopic Systems, Audit Practices and Educational Data
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series	Education Policy Analysis Archives
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description	Late-19th century World’s Fairs constitute an important chapter in the history of educational accountability. International expositions allowed for educational systems and practices to be “audited” by lay and expert audiences. In this article we examine how World’s Fair exhibitors sought to make visible educational practices and institutions for external validation. Focusing especially on the American education exhibits mounted at Vienna (1873), Philadelphia (1876), Chicago (1893), and Paris (1900), we use historical documents connected with the preparation of exhibits as well as reports written during and after the Fairs to bring to light the curatorial principles and exhibitionary practices governing education exhibits. This examination helps us to understand educational accountability mechanisms and procedures not simply as technical undertakings, but as social systems with an important set of effects. The scopic systems at play and in contestation for accurately and fairly presenting education systems for outside scrutiny did much to shape the national/international contexts within which school systems operate as well as in what directions educators and policymakers sought to direct/redirect schooling.
topic	accountability history of education world’s fairs international expositions audit practices comparative education
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