Purpose of education?
Rank the below in terms of their importance:
1. Get a job
2. Find your passion
3. Learn transferable academic skills
4. Receive the best of that which had been bought and said
5. Know lots of things
6. Develop social and interpersonal skills
Rank the below in terms of their importance:
1. Get a job
2. Find your passion
3. Learn transferable academic skills
4. Receive the best of that which had been bought and said
5. Know lots of things
6. Develop social and interpersonal skills
Comments
Learn how to be a citizen ( even in a country where you are a subject).
Genuinely think these two were important elements in my education and in the education my children received.
4 is only second because "the best" is pretty subjective, so knowing a lot seems a more attainable goal!
The reduction of social time in secondary schools is a tragedy (although I do understand and have sympathy for many of the reasons for it happening).
Government: Get a job
Careers Advisors: Find your passion
Business: Learn transferable academic skills
Teachers: Receive the best that has been thought and said
Parents: Know lots of things
Students: Develop social and interpersonal skills
4 - by this you mean cultural, social and political capital?
5 - knowledge is power
3 - can’t do this without 5 and 4
2 - once you have had the opportunity to explore a wide range of subjects, learn lots of things and exposed to lots of ideas
6 - yeah, but…
1 - this will follow
Knowing lots of things I feel like includes basic maths, English etc. and stops people being taken advantage so it’s number one for me.
(1.) Because you (5.) knew lots of things and so (2.) could therefore find you passion. Along the way you’ll get 6. and 3.
1,6,4,2,3,5
BLOG: What is an education for? https://www.emaths.co.uk/blog/general-education/item/what-is-an-education-for
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But might depend on your situation unfortunately... worked in some v deprived areas- for many students we just wanted to get them the best grades possible so that more doors opened to them, finding their passion came further down the list so 5, 3, 1, 4, 2, 6
For the avoidance of doubt for anyone obtuse enough to take this seriously, this is a joke.
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…it’s been a long day
No question that school’s purpose is childcare. But an education? That’s more complex!
5, 3, 2, 1, 4. 6.
When else will a young person have to interact with such a diverse range of people?
We need a wider non-partisan perspective.
In a recent Local Governing Board meeting, it struck me that I (CoG) was the only one in the room that *hadn't* been to university. That must have an impact on our processes 🤔
Without knowing stuff, you can't choose for yourself what skills to value, what you are passionate about, and what represents useful employment.
4 If not the best, then what and why ( I know it's contested)
6 we are social creatures, although I'd say you need knowledge to underpin
3, 2 & 1 follow as a result.
I thought of 4 as core knowledge, but others seem to see it as something else.
*Hides*
I think you're deliberately enticing debate because you're bored. Fair enough though ..
(Although M says 1 is important to society but society is wrong, so doesn’t feel it should count.)
5* and 6.
The rest will follow.
*experience (events)
2. Develop social and interpersonal skills
3. Learn transferable academic skills
4. Find your passion
5. Get a job
6. Know lots of things
It’s about legacy, not just labour. Skills, values and wisdom matter more than jobs or facts alone.
We prepare children for life, not just work, and that demands more than surface knowledge.
People only matter for how productive they can be, now much tax they can contribute, how much GDP they raise.
Society needs more than that. People deserve more than that.
Human beings are not machines.
The phrase "surface knowledge" is revealing to me, as the knowledge that I place first is not surface knowledge, but deeply embedded knowledge that allows moral, social and intellectual development to flourish.
Situated knowledge > surface knowledge
I should have clarified: I meant knowledge without depth, context or application.
Truly embedded, meaningful knowledge is the foundation on which all else is built. It's the priority and the precursor.
We're very much aligned on that!
4, 3, 1, 2, 5, 6
6 last because it can be gained in many settings. Ditto 2.
5 is my favourite thing I gained from education but I don't know if it's the purpose.
https://bsky.app/profile/mr-n-wood.bsky.social/post/3lnfyhnkx7k25
I'm certain that "get a job" should be the lowest priority from that list.
It's a natural consequence of the other things happening, not a goal.
Am i overthinking? 😁
But if education is code for schooling then maybe not so much.
(1-6 are a means to that end)