Good education in an age of measurement: on the need to reconnect with the question of purpose in education |
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| Authors: | Gert Biesta |
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| Institution: | (1) The Stirling Institute of Education, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK |
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| Abstract: | 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 purpose should always have a place in our educational discussion. I then explore
some reasons why this question seems to have disappeared from the educational agenda. The central part of the paper is a proposal
for addressing the question of purpose in education—the question as to what constitutes good education—in a systematic manner.
I argue that the question of purpose is a composite question and that in deliberating about the purpose of education we should
make a distinction between three functions of education to which I refer as qualification, socialisation and subjectification.
In the final section of the paper I provide examples of how this proposal can help in asking more precise questions about
the purpose and direction of educational processes and practices. |
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| Keywords: | Good education Evaluation Accountability Aims of education Evidence-based |
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