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Education to change the world : Comments

By Stuart Hill, published 9/3/2012

Learning for realising one's personal, social and ecological potential.

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Poirot, if you have children in a State school then you already know the answer to that question. If you don't, then ask someone who does. But make sure you don't have anything urgent to do for the following hour or so...
Posted by Jon J, Friday, 9 March 2012 7:42:11 PM
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Why is the real question not being asked when it comes to educating the young ?
Ok, I'll ask it again.
When are we going to start educating our teachers so they can educate our kids ?
Posted by individual, Sunday, 11 March 2012 11:53:07 AM
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Highly commendable objectives and aspirations, both for the educational process and the desired outcomes - and we are indeed fortunate to actually be in position not only to contemplate but also to realise its implementation, if we so desire. Who knows, such a system could produce individuals capable of changing the world for the better, who could disseminate and sell this system to all of the world's troubled quarters, and who could lead the peaceful revolution which would achieve the desired result - sustainable, empathetic civilisation (at long last).

But then again, we could end up with poets, artists, philosophers and day-dreamers, while the world goes to hell in a handbasket? Better still retain some military schools then, to hammer out those who will protect our idyllic status until the world can achieve similar enlightenment?

I'm not trying to knock the proposed educational revolution, but only to air a note of caution that whatever system is employed will have to ensure the production of able, motivated professionals, engineers, tradespeople and ditch-diggers to keep the ship afloat, as well as enabling those who may indeed have the potential to make the better world we all seek and pray for.

As 'individual' has pointed out, the place we really need to start is in producing the teachers, mentors and facilitators who can realise the dream. In the meantime we still have to keep the boilers stoked and the engines running - although we'd much rather be tending to the permaculture garden. Choice is a wonderful thing, but how to sell it to the world without an olive branch in one hand and a nuke in the other?
Posted by Saltpetre, Sunday, 11 March 2012 3:07:25 PM
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Any society that compartmentalises 'education" into something that 'only' takes place withing the confines of four walls in something it calls a 'school' is a society that will perpetually squander its potential.
Posted by Poirot, Sunday, 11 March 2012 3:21:28 PM
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