1st Edition
Taming Chance in Education Control, Prediction and Comparison
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume centres the notion of "chance" in education as a key concept in contemporary education – relating to aspects like accountability, datafication, or international large-scale assessments – and discusses the impact that the historical desire to "tame" this notion has had on present-day educational policy and practice.
Encouraging readers to widen their educational imagination, chapters... Read more
Introduction: How the Book “Thinks” 1. Presenting the “Problem” 2. The Prelude of Taming Chance in Education 3. Stories about Desires, Hopes, and Promises to Be Answered by Control, Predictions, and Comparisons 4. Taming Chance in Educational Practices 5. Addendums for Legitimacy: Objectivity, Certainty, and Applicability 6. Concluding Remarks
Biography
Daniel Pettersson is Professor of Education, University in Gävle, Sweden.
Andreas Nordin is Professor of Education, Linnaeus University, Sweden.
