What is Education?

What is Education?

Indoctrination

Teaching the truth: the dangerous temptation of indoctrination

The problem with teaching the “truth”

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The problem with teaching the “truth” So many involved in conventional schooling-and-teaching seem to think that education is about “teaching the truth”. The truth is to be decided for learners, and justified by reasons that are not their own. In a world where we are supposed to be equally worthy of respect, this is indoctrination. […]

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The problem with teaching the “truth” So many involved in conventional schooling-and-teaching seem to think that education is about “teaching the truth”. The truth is to be decided for learners, and justified by reasons that are not their own. In a world where we are supposed to be equally worthy of respect, this is indoctrination.

Ignoring the “educational”

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Our inattention to the meaning of “education” Little attention is paid to the meaning of education, even by professionals. The price we pay is huge. It means, quite simply, that most of the time, we don’t know what we are doing. Disappointment at the results of our efforts is inevitable, and issues that education could

Ignoring the “educational” Read More »

Our inattention to the meaning of “education” Little attention is paid to the meaning of education, even by professionals. The price we pay is huge. It means, quite simply, that most of the time, we don’t know what we are doing. Disappointment at the results of our efforts is inevitable, and issues that education could