Education by numbers : the tyranny of testing / Warwick Mansell
Mansell, Warwick
Education by numbers : the tyranny of testing / Warwick Mansell - London : Methuen, 2007 - XVII, 270 p. ; 24 cm - Politico's .
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Warwick Mansell argues that England no longer has a state education system worthy the name. Instead, England's education system is now an exams system. (p. 3), and the energies of those involved in it are misdirected towards maximising results rather than nurturing the minds, hearts and spirits of those who learn and teach: I believe that teaching to the test, so far from being discouraged, is now the guiding philosophy behind England's approach to education. [T]his approach is a disaster, since education, is not about following rules. It is about engagement with a subject, seeing connections and. thinking critically. (pp. 228-9) Mansell has certainly engaged with his subject, spending three years anatomising England's testing-regime. While not exploring the connections, he links school testing to the wider governmental obsession with public sector performance or output numerically rendered, and with the commodification of knowledge.
978-1-84275-199-2
Tests y pruebas en educación--Gran Bretaña
Gran Bretaña--Política educativa
Education--Standards--Great Britain.
Educational tests and measurements--Great Britain.
Education and state--Great Britain.
Education by numbers : the tyranny of testing / Warwick Mansell - London : Methuen, 2007 - XVII, 270 p. ; 24 cm - Politico's .
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Bibliografía
Warwick Mansell argues that England no longer has a state education system worthy the name. Instead, England's education system is now an exams system. (p. 3), and the energies of those involved in it are misdirected towards maximising results rather than nurturing the minds, hearts and spirits of those who learn and teach: I believe that teaching to the test, so far from being discouraged, is now the guiding philosophy behind England's approach to education. [T]his approach is a disaster, since education, is not about following rules. It is about engagement with a subject, seeing connections and. thinking critically. (pp. 228-9) Mansell has certainly engaged with his subject, spending three years anatomising England's testing-regime. While not exploring the connections, he links school testing to the wider governmental obsession with public sector performance or output numerically rendered, and with the commodification of knowledge.
978-1-84275-199-2
Tests y pruebas en educación--Gran Bretaña
Gran Bretaña--Política educativa
Education--Standards--Great Britain.
Educational tests and measurements--Great Britain.
Education and state--Great Britain.