A panopticon is a circular building that allows all people within it to be viewed at one time. There are no ways of hiding and privacy is non-existent. This is applied in the hope to stop any unruly behaviour and maintain strict control.
I believe that any teaching or educational institute can be seen using similar techniques to create their own panopticon. Leeds Art College for example monitors attendance, the number of times you log in, the types of websites you are using and cctv throughout the whole building. What this results in is a ‘docile body’, one that is obedient and ‘self-regulating’. Foucault concluded that ‘He who is subjected to a field of visibility, and who knows it, assumes responsibility for the constraints of power’. It is impossible to act any other way than that of what is dictated to you. Foucault stated ‘He is seen but he does not see; he is the object of information’, meaning it is not evident that you are being watched but truthfully every move you make is scrutinized by the figure in charge of the panopticon. If you’re caught ‘misbehaving’ then punishment or even exclusion is highly probable. A common form of punishment when the rules of the panopticon were first employed was public humiliation. Not too dissimilar to being excluded or expelled.