Category: Philosophy and Sociology of Education
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Knowledge Versus Competence: The Long Philosophical War Over What It Means to Be Educated
The Student Press · Ideas Desk · Est. Today Knowledge Versus Competence: The Long Philosophical War Over What It Means to Be Educated On whether an educated person is one who knows things or one who can do things Beneath countless curriculum battles lies a single old question: what does it mean to be educated?…
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The Hidden Curriculum: What Students Absorb About Power, Obedience, and Worth Beyond the Stated Lessons
The Student Press · Ideas Desk · Est. Today The Hidden Curriculum: What Students Absorb About Power, Obedience, and Worth Beyond the Stated Lessons On everything a school teaches without ever writing it down Walk into any classroom and you will find a stated curriculum: the subjects, the standards, the lessons the school openly intends…
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Meritocracy as Myth and Mechanism: How a Powerful Idea Both Motivates and Mystifies Educational Systems
The Student Press · Ideas Desk · Est. Today Meritocracy as Myth and Mechanism: How a Powerful Idea Both Motivates and Mystifies Educational Systems On the belief that effort and ability decide our fate, and what it conceals Few ideas are as flattering, or as useful, as the belief that people rise according to their…
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The Purpose Question: Whether Schools Exist to Liberate Minds, Serve Economies, or Sustain Social Order
The Student Press · Ideas Desk · Est. Today The Purpose Question: Whether Schools Exist to Liberate Minds, Serve Economies, or Sustain Social Order On the oldest argument in education, and why we keep refusing to settle it Ask what a school is for and you will get a confident answer, then a different confident…