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Tag Archives: National Standards
National Standards and Neanderthals – “They will know what is required …” – Part III
In Part I of this post I outlined the historical context of our modern education system and argued that National Standards were a continuation of the controlling and directive imperatives of that system. In Part II I described the nature … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Education, Freedom, Human Nature, Human Wellbeing, New Zealand Politics
Tagged education, Freedom, human nature, National Standards, wellbeing
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National Standards and Neanderthals – “They will know what is required …” – Part I
“School prepares for the alienating institutionalization of life by teaching the need to be taught.” – Ivan Illich There’s an interesting opinion piece by archaeologist April Nowell in a recent ‘New Scientist‘ – ‘All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso‘ … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Freedom, Human Nature, Human Wellbeing
Tagged Freedom, human nature, National Standards, wellbeing
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