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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @billytheked 3h \ parent \ on: Purpose of Education Education
There's lots to unpack, but there's two main angles:
  1. Education vis à vis the act of educating
    • any teacher, administrator or even parent that sets about educating the youth has to make curriculum choices based on the temporal relevance of a topic.
    • relevance based on perceived temporal (non-)importance of a topic (e.g. Capernican heresy)
  2. Education vis à vis public education (or the bureaucraric machine)
    • just about everyone in society has a stake in it
    • political ramifications in every systematic/policy choice
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 2h
I agree with both your points.
I'd say that in terms of curriculum choice, I'd call a teacher "political" if their goal is to impart students with a particular political point of view rather than to help them understand multiple points of view from multiple angles
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @billytheked 2h
Certainly.
Teach inquiry, not dogma.
Lead your student to the well, but do not try to fill their bucket.
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