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Season 1: Episode 1 - Justin Cook: Seeing education for what it really is

consideranew (+ Season 2 cohost, Dr. Jane Shore of School of Thought)
consideranew (+ Season 2 cohost, Dr. Jane Shore of School of Thought)
Episode • Jan 4, 2021 • 6m

"Sustainability, human well-being, and the future of education" by Justin Cook (2019) (https://bit.ly/39ZAsyD)

“Teachers are steeped in education systems; from the age of 4 or 5, they have been immersed in an educational context. They are perhaps the only profession whose compulsory, secondary, and tertiary education environments are the same in which they work professionally. This fact fundamentally challenges the profession’s ability to step out of a subjective way of seeing. As George Orwell said, ‘To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle’ (Orwell et al. 2000, p. 125). This is true for many: because so much of our lives are spent inside schools, education is a relentlessly subjective construct that struggles against the weight of common experience to be seen objectively” (p. 3).


References:

Michael Polanyi and tacit knowledge (http://bit.ly/34ZZXN3)

"Free School Teaching: Free School Teaching: A Journey Into Radical Progressive Education" by Kristan Accles Morrison (2007) (https://bit.ly/39X33EW)

"Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life" by Peter Gray (2015) (https://bit.ly/3qGXRuI)

"Grow or Die: The Unifying Principle of Transformation" by George Land (1997) (https://amzn.to/2JO8StA)

Michael Lipset of PassTell Stories (http://www.michaellipset.com/)


Connect:

Twitter (twitter.com/mjcraw)

Website (mjcraw.com)


Music from Digi G'Alessio CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (https://bit.ly/2IyV71i)

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