tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553919504704971225.post2189508314881081048..comments2023-05-29T15:05:07.086+01:00Comments on Revd Alan: What is education for?Alan Crawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17879972273938932321noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553919504704971225.post-42021366757222507822010-01-07T17:20:44.862+00:002010-01-07T17:20:44.862+00:00Mmm.. you said that I would have strong opinions a...Mmm.. you said that I would have strong opinions about this :) Whilst I don't want to disagree with the above, I first of all want to disagree with the suggestion that there has to be a singular answer, I think there are many purposes of education. Personal development, self knowledge, the ability to debate and the humility to respect and learn from others are what you feel are important here, and I would agree. But there are other things that are important - there is education to stay safe, and education to solve problems such as the climate change issue. I like the quote that education is concentrated experience. It probably took Boyle years to come up with his law and it takes 10 minutes to teach it....Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17228191583982936566noreply@blogger.com