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Frigga Haug and the mystery of learning
How does learning happen? What exactly is going on when we acquire knowledge or skill? When we consider our own education, it’s evident that over time we learn quite a lot – some of it may even overlap with what … Continue reading
The social origins of human thinking.
What is thinking? Where does human thought come from? How did it evolve? These are important questions for us if we want to understand what makes humans different from other living things and to make the most of our abilities both as … Continue reading
Education for solidarity
We should work with each other for the common good. Education should develop and support our understanding and consideration of others and our ability to exercise and challenge power collectively.1 Solidarity is a powerful idea but a widely misunderstood word … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Eduardo Galeano, Equality, identity, Lev Vygotsky, Rabindranath Tagore, Solidarity, xenophilia, xenophobia
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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
Post-16 citizenship in tough times
The times we live in demand more than ever that we assume responsibility for ensuring that all young people are educated for global citizenship, in other words for survival. What might this look like post-16? The context The current context … Continue reading
Posted in Education, NewVIc, Politics
Tagged citizenship education, Confucius, Critical thinking, Democracy, Dr.Seuss, Education, Equality, global citizenship, H.G.Wells, Hannah Arendt, J.W. Goethe, John Dewey, Lev Vygotsky, liberal education, NewVIc, Solidarity, W.E.B. DuBois, young people
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