Online Resource
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
;
2012
In:
Cadernos de Pesquisa Vol. 42, No. 147 ( 2012-12), p. 808-825
In:
Cadernos de Pesquisa, FapUNIFESP (SciELO), Vol. 42, No. 147 ( 2012-12), p. 808-825
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 this issue 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.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0100-1574
DOI:
10.1590/S0100-15742012000300009
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Publication Date:
2012
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2120503-6
SSG:
5,3
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