originally published October 19, 2005 in my blog, Schooling ≠ Education. Rethinking schooling? Where do you start? What do you do first? Bring a small group together and ask the question: what is the purpose of education?
So, what to do?
The first thing I would recommend doing is bring together a small group of people in your ‘learning community’ and ask the question: ‘What is the purpose of education?’
Begin the dialog – include more and more people in the dialog (especially young people) and don’t stop the dialog. In the beginning (and for some time) avoid getting lost in the details about the “HOW”. In the beginning just talk about the purpose (the “WHY”).
Engage as many people as possible in the dialog.
And the conversations will not stop with the purpose of education. I’ve already introduced several other questions that should be asked – and I will introduce more as I contribute more to this blog…
