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) --- 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.