Book chapter
Freedom Through Education: A Promise Postponed
Curriculum Challenges for Universities: Agenda For Change, pp.73-89
Springer, 1st
03/2022
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Abstract
Education, or better still learning, interests us all, especially our own and that of our children. It is surprising though how quickly interest is lost when the topic of education and its deep impact on society and culture is mentioned in polite society! Yet schooling is now ubiquitous—it is everywhere and in every parent’s mind and it is the universal key to the door of opportunity. Few people can get anywhere without it and whether it is enclosed in brick, concrete and glass or downloaded from the internet platforms which have come to dominate so many lives, learning in some form is intrinsic to life that swirls on all around it. Education goes deep but it squanders the talent of many who pass through it. Equally significant is the possibility that conventional education and its curriculum is now increasingly irrelevant to the world we are educating for—the world of 2050 and beyond.
Details
- Title
- Freedom Through Education: A Promise Postponed
- Creators
- David Davies - University of DerbyJames Nyland - Australian Catholic University
- Contributors
- David Davies (Editor of compilation) - University of DerbyJames Nyland (Editor of compilation) - Australian Catholic University
- Publication Details
- Curriculum Challenges for Universities: Agenda For Change, pp.73-89
- Publisher
- Springer; Singapore
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 17
- Identifiers
- 991013395350102368
- Copyright
- © 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- Academic Unit
- SCU College
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter