What is Education?

What is Education?

Educational theory and practice

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.

The surprising personal benefit of becoming an educator

The surprising personal benefit of becoming an educator

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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,

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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

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