tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post2663347038907445410..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Noam Chomsky Reflects on Contemporary EducationLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-28892453810679599332012-12-31T20:59:03.631-05:002012-12-31T20:59:03.631-05:00Given that so many people in education are now bei...Given that so many people in education are now being rewarded with positions of added responsibility for their unquestioning acceptance and enforcement of the technocrats' dictates, Owen, things can only get worse, in my opinion.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-34566414213768549032012-12-31T19:51:14.343-05:002012-12-31T19:51:14.343-05:00When I was studying to be a teacher, Lorne, we all...When I was studying to be a teacher, Lorne, we all read Postman and Weingarten's "Teaching As A Subversive Activity" -- in which the authors recommended that both teachers and students develop a good set of "crap detectors."<br /><br />The folks who worried about an "excess of democracy" changed the purpose of education from thinking to doing.<br /><br />The epitome of a well educated person is now a technocrat.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com