What future for education?
Intellectual arrogance. This is the final week of the course What future for education? After thinking about the topic for a while and specially when it comes to my own context, I think education will have to transform very fast in years to come. It is definitely a key part of our society that needs to modify its objectives. Our society is not the same as it was ten years ago and it is quickly transforming itself in every aspect. So, if our needs change, the educational system will have to change accordingly. To me, education will have to give special attention to its purposes: do we have to raise people for labor? Do we need new abilities and creativity? Do we want specialization for everyone attending a school? Is it necessary to raise informed citizens or just obedient citizens? Today education is turning its attention to the development of free individuals that can reflect on their own learning and thus learn autonomously or even teach others easily. Thats a great start:...