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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

"Education" And "Instruction" Are Antipodal Enterprises

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Dewey's observation (above) can be improved by changing the last words to "not a preparation for making a living."

Alan: Most "educated" people confuse education with instruction. 

"Education" - deriving from the Latin "ex ducare" - "leads out of" preemptive concern with individual good to re-focus attention on The Common Good

In a word, "education" is social. 

On the other hand, "instruction" - from the Latin "in struire" -- builds facts and skill-sets "into" atomistic individuals, enabling them to make their own way in private worlds. 

"Instruction" is essentially monadic and isolating. 

Without education, instruction (the planet's default learning method) undermines The Common Good, teaching people to treat the world as a money mine to be exploited like 49-ers staking claims to private land tracts used for personal advantage. 

The goals charted by education and instruction are essentially antipodal although the latter can -- and should -- be used in service to the former.


1 comment:

  1. I agree that education and educational institutions are two different things. usually students buy homework from professional services ✏️ and this can be included in the education process in educational institutions. but education is gaining knowledge.

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