Part 4

PART 4 Chapter 17: The “Loop” of indoctrination We learn to reason in the world of our origin. A whole fabric that we take to be most reasonable was acquired before we could reason, and we pass much of this “taken-for-granted” on through the reproductive cycle. This is a challenge to educational justification, which cannot […]

Chapter 18: Educational Justification In popular and public discussion, what passes for justification in education is ethically questionable – generally serving the interests of parties other than learners themselves. Since we must, in education, make decisions for learners – and often about the sorts of people they will become – sound ethical justification is crucial.

Chapter 20: Education as Procedural Educational policy-making, planning and assessment should be procedural. It should not be about specifying content or outcomes, except in the most general terms. If we intend to respect learners for the self-determining people they are entitled to become, we should not be trying to settle their beliefs or understandings, but