La buona educazione in un’epoca di misurazioni: sulla necessità di recuperare la questione dello scopo dell’educare
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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1825-8670/16834Parole chiave:
Good education, Evaluation, Accountability, Aims of education, Evidence-basedAbstract
In questo articolo sostengo la necessità di riflettere sul tema dello scopo dell’educazione, soprattutto alla luce della recente tendenza a concentrare il dibattito quasi esclusivamente sulla misurazione e sul confronto dei risultati educativi. Innanzitutto, argomento perché il tema dello scopo dovrebbe sempre avere spazio nel nostro dibattito. Esploro poi alcune ragioni per cui questo tema sembra essere scomparso dall’agenda educativa. Al cuore dell’articolo v’è una proposta per affrontare questa questione in modo sistematico, ovvero l’interrogativo su cosa costituisca una buona educazione. Sostengo che la questione dello scopo è composita e che nel deliberare sullo scopo dell’educazione dovremmo fare una distinzione fra tre funzioni dell’educazione che chiamerò qualificazione, socializzazione e soggettivazione. In conclusione, porto all’attenzione due casi che mostrano come questa prospettiva possa supportare la formulazione di interrogativi più precisi sullo scopo e sulla direzione dei processi e delle pratiche educative.
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