The philosopher Gert Biesta posits that education serves three interconnected purposes:
- qualification (acquiring knowledge and skills),
- socialization (integrating into culture and society)
- subjectification (developing agency as a unique self in the world)
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Biesta, Gert. "Good education in an age of measurement: On the need to reconnect with the question of purpose in education." _Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability (formerly: Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education)_ 21.1 (2009): 33-46.