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BIESTA, Gert. Boa educação na era da mensuração. Cad. Pesqui. [online]. 2012, vol.42, n.147, pp.808-825. ISSN 0100-1574.

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.

Palavras-chave : Educational Quality; Educational Aims; Evaluation.

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