tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post2108059854454194593..comments2024-03-23T12:05:15.956-04:00Comments on Steve Hargadon: What Educational Truths Do You Hold to Be Self-Evident?Steve Hargadonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-68466586566676454802010-08-02T18:08:35.143-04:002010-08-02T18:08:35.143-04:00That humans are curious animals and it's in ou...That humans are curious animals and it's in our nature to enjoy learning, teaching, and solving problems.Graham Glasshttp://grahamglass.blogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-70442042790872916902010-08-02T16:48:49.256-04:002010-08-02T16:48:49.256-04:00We don't need a new dialogue. We need to reviv...We don't need a new dialogue. We need to revive a very old dialogue; the one that says education is fundamentally teleological and that its end is the development of human excellence, of becoming what we are, as Pindar says. <br /><br />Modern (North American, is all I can speak for) education's chief problem is that it's lost sight its fundamental purpose. Or rather, it's reduced it to a skill set.<br /><br />I like Maritain's conception. Humna beings are at once persons and individuals. The person is the unique being, e.g. there is no one else, nbever has and never will be another just like me. The individual is the human being in society, with which it shares common interests, desires, etc. The person's duty is to contribute to society as an individual so that society is enriched. The goods of this enriched society, which cannot be realized by the person in isolation, flow back onto the person, enlarging him or her so that he or she can make even greater contributions and so on. Although the image is of a (positive feedback) loop, there is an end in mind--the betterment of the person.<br /><br />See my <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1477426/Function%20of%20Education.PNG" rel="nofollow">diagram.</a>BOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882196590735215956noreply@blogger.com