A very, in a sense, terrifying aspect of our society, and other societies, is the equanimity and the detachment with which sane, reasonable, sensible ...
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Our ignorance can be divided into problems and mysteries. When we face a problem, we may not know its solution, but we have insight, increasing knowle...
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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?
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Most schooling is training for stupidity and conformity, and that's institutional, but occasionally you get a spark, somebody'll challenge your mind, ...
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If you're teaching, say, physics, there's no point in persuading a student that you're right. You want to encourage them to find out what the truth is...
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The other day I happened to be reading a careful, interesting account of the state of British higher education. The government is a kind of market-ori...
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One of the difficulties in raising public concern over the very severe threats of global warming is that 40 percent of the US population does not see ...
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Most problems of teaching are not problems of growth but helping cultivate growth. As far as I know, and this is only from personal experience in teac...
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The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think ...
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Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore...
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If you're independent-minded in school, you're probably going to get in trouble very early on. That's not the trait that's being preferred or cultivat...
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At its root, the logic is that of the Grand Inquisitor, who bitterly assailed Christ for offering people freedom and thus condemning them to misery. T...
