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Good Education in an Age of Measurement

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Good Education in an Age of Measurement

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Good Education in an Age of Measurement book

Ethics, Politics, Democracy

Good Education in an Age of Measurement

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Good Education in an Age of Measurement book

Ethics, Politics, Democracy
ByGert J. J. Biesta
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2010
eBook Published 10 November 2015
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315634319
Pages 160
eBook ISBN 9781315634319
Subjects Education
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Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). Good Education in an Age of Measurement: Ethics, Politics, Democracy (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315634319

ABSTRACT

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 |9 pages

Prologue: On the Question of Purpose in Education

chapter 1|18 pages

What Is Education For?

chapter 2|22 pages

Evidence-Based Education between Science and Democracy

chapter 3|23 pages

Education between Accountability and Responsibility

chapter 4|19 pages

A Pedagogy of Interruption

chapter 5|17 pages

Democracy and Education after Dewey 6 Education, Democracy and the Question

chapter 6|18 pages

Education, Democracy and the Question of Inclusion

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