What Is The Purpose of Education?
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What's education for? In this video, Jared Cooney Horvath discusses how the cultural importance of this vital question.
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What is the purpose of education?
In the realm of public schools, this question is constantly debated … yet in private academic settings (military academies, art institutes, fundamental religious schools, etc.) this same question is rarely pondered.
Why is this?
Well, as you might have guessed, these latter institutions embody an unambiguous function; the specific types of human beings they are meant to forge is never in doubt.
Educators in these schools almost certainly debate pedagogical strategies … but with a clear foundational purpose upon which to base their decisions, these debates generally take on the flavor of incremental experimentation rather than a full-fledged revolution.
So then, what is the specific purpose of public education?
Paraphrasing educator Neil Postman, public schools do not exist to serve a public; they exist to create a public.
Importantly, the answer to what kind of public they are creating won’t be found in the teaching methods employed, the homework assigned, or the uniforms worn -- it will be found in the fundamental story used (knowingly or unknowingly) to imbue the entire endeavor with meaning.
In other words, the function of public education is defined by the prevailing Narrative that it serves.
In this case, I don’t mean a lower-case n narrative that takes the form of a vision statement or motto; I mean an upper-case N Narrative that takes the form of an all-encompassing worldview.
Think Catholicism, Marxism, or Evolutionary Psychology -- these Narratives do not merely enlighten; they supply the very meaning that sustains, guides, and propels their adherents forward.
In this From Theory to Practice video, I look at a paper that can help us develop a deeper understanding of this important issue: Good Education in the Age of Measurement (Gert Biesta, 2008)
Here are some of the question I tackle in this installment:
• What is the distinction between form and function, and how in education have we insidiously conflated these two things?
• According to this paper, what three characteristics must something exhibit in order to qualify as a viable ‘function’ of education?
• What dominant public Narrative (i.e. function) has overwhelmingly influenced how we conceptualize the role of education in our culture?
• What one important question should we as teachers and educators be asking ourselves as we think about the future of education?
Give it a watch, and let me know what you think in the comments.
And, as always, if you find this video valuable, interesting and/or entertaining, you can support our channel by liking, sharing and subscribing ;)
#WhatIsEducationFor #ThePurposeOfSchool #TheSchoolOfLife
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JARED COONEY HORVATH | PhD, MEd
Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath is an award-winning cognitive neuroscientist, best-selling author and renowned keynote speaker with an expertise in human learning, memory, and brain stimulation.
Dr. Horvath has published 4 books, over 30 research articles, and currently serves as an honorary researcher at the University of Melbourne and St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne.
His research has been featured in popular publications including The New York Times, WIRED, BBC, The Economist, PBS's Nova and ABC’s Catalyst.
https://www.lmeglobal.net/media
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LME GLOBAL
LME Global is a mission-driven company aiming to serve teachers, students and educators through applied brain science.
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What is the purpose of education?
In the realm of public schools, this question is constantly debated … yet in private academic settings (military academies, art institutes, fundamental religious schools, etc.) this same question is rarely pondered.
Why is this?
Well, as you might have guessed, these latter institutions embody an unambiguous function; the specific types of human beings they are meant to forge is never in doubt.
Educators in these schools almost certainly debate pedagogical strategies … but with a clear foundational purpose upon which to base their decisions, these debates generally take on the flavor of incremental experimentation rather than a full-fledged revolution.
So then, what is the specific purpose of public education?
Paraphrasing educator Neil Postman, public schools do not exist to serve a public; they exist to create a public.
Importantly, the answer to what kind of public they are creating won’t be found in the teaching methods employed, the homework assigned, or the uniforms worn -- it will be found in the fundamental story used (knowingly or unknowingly) to imbue the entire endeavor with meaning.
In other words, the function of public education is defined by the prevailing Narrative that it serves.
In this case, I don’t mean a lower-case n narrative that takes the form of a vision statement or motto; I mean an upper-case N Narrative that takes the form of an all-encompassing worldview.
Think Catholicism, Marxism, or Evolutionary Psychology -- these Narratives do not merely enlighten; they supply the very meaning that sustains, guides, and propels their adherents forward.
In this From Theory to Practice video, I look at a paper that can help us develop a deeper understanding of this important issue: Good Education in the Age of Measurement (Gert Biesta, 2008)
Here are some of the question I tackle in this installment:
• What is the distinction between form and function, and how in education have we insidiously conflated these two things?
• According to this paper, what three characteristics must something exhibit in order to qualify as a viable ‘function’ of education?
• What dominant public Narrative (i.e. function) has overwhelmingly influenced how we conceptualize the role of education in our culture?
• What one important question should we as teachers and educators be asking ourselves as we think about the future of education?
Give it a watch, and let me know what you think in the comments.
And, as always, if you find this video valuable, interesting and/or entertaining, you can support our channel by liking, sharing and subscribing ;)
#WhatIsEducationFor #ThePurposeOfSchool #TheSchoolOfLife
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JARED COONEY HORVATH | PhD, MEd
Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath is an award-winning cognitive neuroscientist, best-selling author and renowned keynote speaker with an expertise in human learning, memory, and brain stimulation.
Dr. Horvath has published 4 books, over 30 research articles, and currently serves as an honorary researcher at the University of Melbourne and St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne.
His research has been featured in popular publications including The New York Times, WIRED, BBC, The Economist, PBS's Nova and ABC’s Catalyst.
https://www.lmeglobal.net/media
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LME GLOBAL
LME Global is a mission-driven company aiming to serve teachers, students and educators through applied brain science.
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