Alice Bradbury
Datafied at four: the role of data in the ‘schoolification’ of early childhood education in England
University College London
paper examines processes datafication early childhood education ece settings children birthfive years england relates increased formalisation unusually ece england includes standardised curriculum formative statutory assessments thus described subject datafication schoolification term used describe adoption schoollike practices values ece using interview data ece settings last decade theoretical framework drawing foucault deleuze paper sets ways settings schools nurseries subject demands data produces datadriven subjectivities teacher child developments linked aspects schoolification including formal teaching focus literacy mathematics use ability grouping