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The questionable invention of education

The problem of the invention of education

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The problem of the invention of education Our understanding of the invention of education in Ancient Greece is mistaken. We miss education altogether by reading back our obsessive preoccupation with modern schooling. The conventional story tells of a competition between the traditions of the philosophers and the sophists, but the sophists contributed nothing novel – […]

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The problem of the invention of education Our understanding of the invention of education in Ancient Greece is mistaken. We miss education altogether by reading back our obsessive preoccupation with modern schooling. The conventional story tells of a competition between the traditions of the philosophers and the sophists, but the sophists contributed nothing novel –

Chapter 10: Slavery and education

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Chapter 10 Slavery and Education   How does our schooling differ from schooling for slavery? What would we reserve for free people? This is the bar between education and mere vocationalism. The Romans prepared house slaves – teachers, accountants, secretaries, doctors included. They schooled them. How is our schooling better than schooling for house slaves

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Chapter 10 Slavery and Education   How does our schooling differ from schooling for slavery? What would we reserve for free people? This is the bar between education and mere vocationalism. The Romans prepared house slaves – teachers, accountants, secretaries, doctors included. They schooled them. How is our schooling better than schooling for house slaves

Chapter 19: An educational constitution

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Chapter 19: An educational constitution A sound, ethical justification of education would enable us to draw up an educational constitution protecting the development of the human mind from the beginning of development. This would establish a genuine right to an education worthy of the name, and be prior to any other constitution, establishing the conditions

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Chapter 19: An educational constitution A sound, ethical justification of education would enable us to draw up an educational constitution protecting the development of the human mind from the beginning of development. This would establish a genuine right to an education worthy of the name, and be prior to any other constitution, establishing the conditions

A liberal education – Part II: why it needs replacing

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A liberal education – exit stage right. Part II: why it needs to be replaced A liberal education has progressively been destroyed. The previous article explains why it won’t do any longer – but also the unacceptable price we pay for not having an education that fulfills several of the needs that a liberal education

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A liberal education – exit stage right. Part II: why it needs to be replaced A liberal education has progressively been destroyed. The previous article explains why it won’t do any longer – but also the unacceptable price we pay for not having an education that fulfills several of the needs that a liberal education

The meaning of education

A liberal education – exit stage right. Part I: the attack

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The liberal education tradition has been largely destroyed by neo-conservative assumptions. Identified with a range of academic disciplines, and pursued for its own sake, it has suffered from association with the life-style of the European aristocracy, the former leisured elite. Despite this, it had important functions in enabling a challenging of inherited beliefs and assumptions,

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The liberal education tradition has been largely destroyed by neo-conservative assumptions. Identified with a range of academic disciplines, and pursued for its own sake, it has suffered from association with the life-style of the European aristocracy, the former leisured elite. Despite this, it had important functions in enabling a challenging of inherited beliefs and assumptions,