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Measuring the Unmeasurable in Education (Paperback)
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Debates around quality versus quantity in education can generate
controversy about how quality is measured. Many question the drive
to delineate and quantify precisely what works, suggesting that
much value either cannot be measured or is distorted by
measurement. This book explores how we can understand measurement
in areas of education policy, planning, and practice that have not
previously been considered measurable. The contributors ask four
main questions: What do we measure and not measure when we try to
measure the unmeasurable in education? When attempts have been made
to measure the unmeasurable in education, what metrics have been
adopted in which contexts, and with what outcomes? Why have
measures been adopted as indicators of the unmeasurable, such as
human rights? And how have particular organisations approached the
problem of measuring the apparently unmeasurable in education, with
what epistemological, normative, and conceptual resources, and
consequences? The book draws on analyses from philosophy, history,
sociology, and economics, with insights from national and
international contexts. The contributions consider philosophical
distinctions, historical experiences, and contemporary reflections
on how to refine existing approaches to measurement of poverty,
capability, rights, and the benefits of education. The discussion
shows how measuring the unmeasurable takes account of the
inequalities, complexities and uncertainties of work in education,
thus suggesting a considerable deepening of the notion of education
quality and measurement. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Comparative Education.
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