Videorecording the Teaching, Systematizing the Observation: A Genealogical Study on Ocularcentric Dehumanization in Teacher Education

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Abstract

This genealogical study explores how the materiality of video camera and its historicity have shaped the ways to develop teachers by directly seeing the best practices today. Drawing on media and technology studies, I explicate the systems of rules embedded in exemplary cases (CCTV, microteaching, global video study), which has led teachers to develop the calibrated gaze through the mediation of videorecording technology and recentered power relations. Despite its contribution, the objective observation system involved “ocularcentric dehumanization”, which systematically visualizes the teaching skills that are universally codable and patternable across different cultures, peripheralizing equity, justice, and other culturally relevant issues. The study showcases how to use history to de-familiarize what we take for granted in today’s educational practice and research.

Author

• Sun Young Lee, Wichita State University