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Liberal Education

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 –

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,