Good education in an age of measurement : ethics, politics, democracy
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Good education in an age of measurement : ethics, politics, democracy
（Interventions : education, philosophy & culture / Michael A. Peters & Colin Lankshear, series editors）
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016 , Amazon
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Includes bibliographical references and index
"First published 2010 by Paradigm Publishers"--T.p. verso
Printed in Japan
Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge , 2016
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The widespread use of the measurement of educational outcomes in order to compare the performance of education within and across countries seems to express a real concern for the quality of education. This book argues that the focus on the measurement of educational outcomes has actually displaced questions about educational purpose. Biesta explores why the question as to what constitutes good education has become so much more difficult to ask and shows why this has been detrimental for the quality of education and for the level of democratic control over education. He provides concrete suggestions for engaging with the question of purpose in education in a new, more precise and more encompassing way, with explicit attention to the ethical, political and democratic dimensions of education.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Prologue On the Question of Purpose in Education
- Chapter 1a What Is Education For?
- Chapter 2 Evidence-Based Education between Science and Democracy
- Chapter 3 Education between Accountability and Responsibility
- Chapter 4 A Pedagogy of Interruption
- Chapter 5 Democracy and Education after Dewey
- Chapter 6 Education, Democracy and the Question of Inclusion
- Chapter 7 Epilogue The End(s) of Learning
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