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Let’s stop making better candles
Substack
15/09/2025
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Abstract
Education was once described as bringing some small light to people’s lives. Like a candle. This enlightenment view of education, so framed by Scottish philosopher John Locke, has drawn some very reasonable criticism. It can be taken to imply that a learner’s mind is a dark void – which it never is. But, education does bring opportunity. Like a candle does light. So, we are going to use this analogous imagery, as it helps illustrate (or shine a light on, shall we say?) some of the challenges of higher education (HE) in our times.
Details
- Title
- Let’s stop making better candles
- Creators
- Thomas Roche - Southern Cross UniversityErica Wilson - Southern Cross UniversityElizabeth Goode - Southern Cross University
- Publisher
- Substack
- Identifiers
- 991013318227402368
- Copyright
- © 2025 The Author
- Academic Unit
- Office of the PVC (Academic Quality)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Blog
- Local Fields
- Evidence Based Practice - SoLT