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Tag Archives: Dialectic
Gulliver’s levels
Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travels’, first published in 1726, mocks the travel journals of its day with their increasingly fantastical adventures. It is also brilliant social satire, mercilessly tearing through contemporary conventions and pretentions. It can also be read as a thought … Continue reading
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Tagged Dialectic, emergence, Gulliver's travels, Jonathan Swift, learning, philosophy, reductionism
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Learning is dialectical
An attempt to start from first principles… There is now, there is before and there is after. Whatever time is, our awareness of it helps us distinguish between past and future. Within our own lived experience we understand the difference … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Philosophy
Tagged Cultural heritage, culture, curriculum, Dialectic, Education, language, learning, memory
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Education as a whole and in its parts
Creating a successful learning community Our college mission is to ‘create a successful learning community’. While this only applies to our small part of the education system it’s not a bad aspiration for the whole system. So what would be … Continue reading
Trivium 21c by Martin Robinson
I am so glad to have finally got round to reading Trivium 21c. I was expecting a treat and I wasn’t disappointed. This is an important book which should be read by anyone interested in the purpose and practice of … Continue reading
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Tagged citizenship education, Critical thinking, Dialectic, Education, Grammar, liberal education, Martin Robinson, Rhetoric, Trivium
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