School examination made knowledge flow perpetually from pupil to teacher

Evidence

The examination did not simply mark the end of an apprenticeship; it was one of its permanent factors; it was woven into it through a constantly repeated ritual of power. The examination enabled the teacher, while transmitting his knowledge, to transform his pupils into a whole field of knowledge. Whereas the examination with which an apprenticeship ended in the guild tradition validated an acquired aptitude – the ‘master-work’ authenticated a transmission of knowledge that had already been accomplished – the examination in the school was a constant exchanger of knowledge; it guaranteed the movement of knowledge from the teacher to the pupil, but it extracted from the pupil a knowledge destined and reserved for the teacher. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 286

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharply distinguishes the guild certification (validating completed transmission) from the school examination (a constant extraction of knowledge).
• XREF: The school as a ‘constant exchanger of knowledge’ — one-way extraction pupil-to-teacher — parallels how telescreens extract continuous behavioral data from Oceania’s subjects without transmitting power outward. — connects to: The examination fuses power relations with knowledge relations into one mechanism — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284; Examinations normalize subjects and differentiate their abilities simultaneously — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 240

Related

• The examination fuses power relations with knowledge relations into one mechanism (similarity 0.85)
• The everyday examination is an overlooked origin of modern power-knowledge (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The examination fuses power relations with knowledge relations into one mechanism #expands (0.82) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284
• Examinations normalize subjects and differentiate their abilities simultaneously #expands (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 240