Arithmomanic Education and the Metric Society: The Role of the School in the Quantification Cult.
In this paper, I discuss the critical role of formal schooling in intensifying a metric society, i.e., a society seduced by numbers and obsessed with quantifying all facets of the social sphere. Scholars who study the phenomenon of the metric society discuss abundantly the factors that lead to this...
| Publicado en: | KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 38 - 62 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=175745259&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 175745259 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 19087330 B0CZ jtl: KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy issn: 19087330 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2023 vid: 17 iid: 2 pid: 58723 pub: KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy artinfo: ui: 175745259 10.25138/17.2.a2 ppf: 38 ppct: 24 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 5.6MB tig: atl: Arithmomanic Education and the Metric Society: The Role of the School in the Quantification Cult. aug: au: Cortez, Franz Giuseppe F. affil: Department of Philosophy Research Center for Culture, Arts, and Humanities University of Santo Tomas, Philippines su: Educational sociology Cults Technological revolution Trust Authoritarian personality Critical analysis sug: subj: Educational sociology Cults Technological revolution Trust Authoritarian personality Critical analysis keyword: arithmomania grading metric society schooling ab: In this paper, I discuss the critical role of formal schooling in intensifying a metric society, i.e., a society seduced by numbers and obsessed with quantifying all facets of the social sphere. Scholars who study the phenomenon of the metric society discuss abundantly the factors that lead to this cult of quantification: confidence in the objectivity of numbers to measure everything, the need for accountability, the charm of simplicity, trust in the capacity of incentives, accessibility of data in the era of technological revolution, the yearning for more accountable and transparent societal institutions, and the influential impact of business processes and procedures in various societal domains, among other things. What is overlooked is a sustained analysis of the critical role of the pedagogical setting in the emergence of what resembles arithmomania. I argue that one of the main drivers of the rise of the arithmomanic personality is an authoritarian banking education and the modern educational disciplinary tactics, specifically the grading system. Thus, the school is not just a passive victim but an active perpetrator of the fetishism with numbers and measurement. Education is not just a casualty but is also complicit in the rise of a metric society. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy is the property of KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy holder: KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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