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Good Education in an Age of Measurement : Ethics, Politics, Democracy by Gert J. J. Biesta (2010, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-101594517916

ISBN-139781594517914

eBay Product ID (ePID)92557966

Product Key Features

Number of Pages160 Pages

Publication NameGood Education in an Age of Measurement : Ethics, Politics, Democracy

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, Aims & Objectives, Testing & Measurement

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaEducation

AuthorGert J. J. Biesta

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Reviews"In his latest book Gert Biesta demonstrates, yet again, why he is one of our era's most thoughtful educational scholars and critics." --David T. Hansen, Teachers College, Columbia University

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal370.1

SynopsisArgues that the focus on the measurement of educational outcomes has displaced questions about educational purpose., 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.

LC Classification NumberLB3051.B483 2010