Leaton Gray, S;
(2018)
Biometrics in Schools.
In: Deakin, J and Taylor, E and Kupchik, A, (eds.)
The Palgrave International Handbook of School Discipline, Surveillance, and Social Control.
(pp. 405-424).
Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK.
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Abstract
Biometrics have always been part of the social world, but it is only recently that we have moved from an instinctive human model to a digital one. Anyone who has been a school student will be aware that, along with eyes in the back of their heads, teachers are supposed to have a mythical sixth sense that means they are able to smell potential trouble a mile off, or identify potential culprits by individual gaits as they attempt to escape. Teachers have also long been regarded as societal experts in identifying homework and examination cheating, in the form of informally analysing patterns of handwriting and pencil use, as those of us who have attended school ourselves may recall. However identification techniques in school are currently in a process of being corporatised and commoditised, with biometric technologies being at the forefront of these developments. This chapter discusses the social and theoretical context for such change.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Biometrics in Schools |
| ISBN-13: | 978-3-319-71559-9 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-71559-9 |
| Publisher version: | https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319715582 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Biometrics, schools, childhood, children, privacy. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10041220 |
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