Comments on: Conversations for Change http://betch.edublogs.org/2008/01/29/conversations-for-change/ education + technology + ideas Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Allison Miller http://betch.edublogs.org/2008/01/29/conversations-for-change/#comment-888 Allison Miller Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:03:50 +0000 http://betch.edublogs.org/2008/01/29/conversations-for-change/#comment-888 School and our educational institutions have the ability to 'change the world' but the institutionalised approach is there for a reason - it's there to produce what I call 'worker ants' ie people whose sole purpose it is to keep the cogs turning. If education allowed free thinking and deliberate democracy it would create a threat to those who hold 'power' within our society. School and our educational institutions have the ability to ‘change the world’ but the institutionalised approach is there for a reason - it’s there to produce what I call ‘worker ants’ ie people whose sole purpose it is to keep the cogs turning.

If education allowed free thinking and deliberate democracy it would create a threat to those who hold ‘power’ within our society.

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