And, yes, I DO take it personally: Learning Without Frontiers - Noam Chomsky on the Purpose of Education

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Sunday, February 05, 2012

Learning Without Frontiers - Noam Chomsky on the Purpose of Education

chomsky contrasts education as inquiry, search, creativity, self-expression and a quest for understanding with the concept of education as a system to ensure social order and conformity...

Noam Chomsky discusses the purpose of education, impact of technology, whether education should be perceived as a cost or an investment and the value of standardised assessment. Presented at the Learning Without Frontiers Conference - Jan 25th 2012, London.

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