What is Education?

What is Education?

Education matters

An introduction to this site

Notes and News, Uncategorized /

Why read this article? To find out what this site can do for you, particularly if you care about education To help you navigate between introductory material and more advanced articles To encourage you to ask questions and enter discussions To find out how to have access to like-minded people who you can engage with […]

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Why read this article? To find out what this site can do for you, particularly if you care about education To help you navigate between introductory material and more advanced articles To encourage you to ask questions and enter discussions To find out how to have access to like-minded people who you can engage with

Teaching the truth: the dangerous temptation of indoctrination

The problem with teaching the “truth”

Democracy, Educational theory and practice, Ethics and justification, Indoctrination, Notes and News, Respect, What is education? /

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.

The surprising personal benefit of becoming an educator

The surprising personal benefit of becoming an educator

Educational theory and practice, Notes and News, Problems of living well /

Being an educator (where education is genuine and properly conceived as enabling learners to make their lives their own as their duty of self-respect requires) necessarily returns a value equal and reciprocal to the value given to learners. It is impossible to engage in such education properly without challenging and reflecting on one’s own life,

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Being an educator (where education is genuine and properly conceived as enabling learners to make their lives their own as their duty of self-respect requires) necessarily returns a value equal and reciprocal to the value given to learners. It is impossible to engage in such education properly without challenging and reflecting on one’s own life,

Ignoring the “educational”

Educational theory and practice, Ethics and justification, Indoctrination, Notes and News, Respect, What is education? /

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

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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

Doug Kirkpatrick – an organizational culture of freedom and capability

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Doug Kirkpatrick – an organizational culture of freedom and capability  Doug Kirkpatrick in this TEDx talk describes the self-managed organisation in which participants craft respectful “social contracts” to regulate their work. This highly successful commercial organisation – without bosses – is consistent with the bases of organisations that would be capable of being educational When

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Doug Kirkpatrick – an organizational culture of freedom and capability  Doug Kirkpatrick in this TEDx talk describes the self-managed organisation in which participants craft respectful “social contracts” to regulate their work. This highly successful commercial organisation – without bosses – is consistent with the bases of organisations that would be capable of being educational When

Brene Brown on shame

Notes and News, Problems of living well, Respect /

  Brene Brown on shame See three of Brene Brown’s TED talks – on “shame” and “vulnerability. She shows how unconditional self-love gets converted into limiting conditional self-esteem, and she describes the damage that this frequently does both the the person and to their relationship with others. From the educational point of view, shaming would

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  Brene Brown on shame See three of Brene Brown’s TED talks – on “shame” and “vulnerability. She shows how unconditional self-love gets converted into limiting conditional self-esteem, and she describes the damage that this frequently does both the the person and to their relationship with others. From the educational point of view, shaming would

rgrahamoliver.com - the companion site

Announcing . . . . rgrahamoliver.com!

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    Announcing a companion site to this one – rgrahamoliver.com – which will be more personal, more congenial and accessible, and contain both a variety of free resources as well as information about my paid services. The site will contain more tips and suggestions, as well as exploring issues of personal development and the

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    Announcing a companion site to this one – rgrahamoliver.com – which will be more personal, more congenial and accessible, and contain both a variety of free resources as well as information about my paid services. The site will contain more tips and suggestions, as well as exploring issues of personal development and the

Education for life

Education: as if our lives depended on it

Educational theory and practice, What is education? /

In a few weeks I expect to be releasing the manuscript of my book on this website, in the Articles section. The title of the book is: Education: as if our lives depended on it. The book sets out the work that I have been engaged upon for over thirty years; the attempt to give

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In a few weeks I expect to be releasing the manuscript of my book on this website, in the Articles section. The title of the book is: Education: as if our lives depended on it. The book sets out the work that I have been engaged upon for over thirty years; the attempt to give