Good Education in an Age of Measurement: On the Need to Reconnect With the Question of Purpose in Education

In this paper I argue that there is a need to reconnect with the question of purpose in education, particularly in the light of a recent tendency to focus discussions about education almost exclusively on the measurement and comparison of educational outcomes. I first discuss why the question of pur...

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Main Author: Gert Biesta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2023-05-01
Series:Encyclopaideia
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Online Access:https://encp.unibo.it/article/view/16834