Measuring Up in Education - Philosophical Explorations for Justice and Democracy Within and Beyond Cultures of Measurement in Educational Systems (Hardcover)

Cultures of measurement are often considered to dominate educational practices, to the degree that, as Biesta (2010) has identified in Good Education in an Age of Measurement we no longer measure what we value, but rather we have become conditioned to value what is measured. A clear example of this occurs when institutions and staff "teach to the test" by emphasising narrow conceptions of learning and of knowledge, simply because the consequences of high-stakes assessments have important implications regarding funding, resources, and even tenure. This collection explores, via various philosophical means, how valuable educational practices can occur within and beyond cultures of measurement. What seems to be required is for practitioners in education to regain their relationship to the overall purposes of education, such as the furthering of justice and democracy for both individual students and societies as a whole. Such a reconnection has the potential to re-humanise curricular experiences for students, which may have become dehumanised through particular cultures of measurement. It is argued that certain legitimate measures can advance justice and democracy, and so careful attention must be assigned to their validity and value. This book was originally published as a special issue of Educational Philosophy and Theory.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Educational Philosophy and Theory
Release date:	October 2019
First published:	2020
Editors:	Steven Stolz • R. Scott Webster
Dimensions:	246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	126
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-36032-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education
LSN:	0-367-36032-2
Barcode:	9780367360320

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