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What is education for?
Malik, Kenan
http://www.kenanmalik.com/essays/gp_education.htmlDate Written: 2010-12-31 Publisher: Göteborgs-Posten Year Published: 2010 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX12415 There is a fundamental difference between being a student and being a consumer. Education is not a product but a relationship and a process, a relationship between student and lecturer, and process by which knowledge transforms the individual. When someone buys a car or a hamburger, he or she is purchasing a pre-packaged, readymade commodity to satisfy a specific need. Education is about creating critical thinkers whose skill is precisely the ability to challenge ideas that are pre-packaged or readymade or designed to satisfy such a need. Subject Headings |