Measuring the Unmeasurable in Education
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 ad…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-429-81524-9
- EAN: 9780429815249
- Produktnummer: 33958534
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 180 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'152 KB
Über den Autor
Elaine Unterhalter is Professor of Education and International Development at University College London, UK and Co-Director of the Centre for Education and International Development. She has written extensively on global education policy making, with a particular interest in equity in practice and the politics of measurement. Her book, Education, Poverty and Global Goals for Gender Equality (with Amy North, 2017), looks at how the measurement of poverty, education, and gender equality is interpreted by practitioners in a range of international, national, and local organisations.
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