Education as encounter

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Ozolins, John. (2002). Education as encounter. PESA Conference 2002: All Hallows School. Brisbane, Australia: Brisbane Papers.
AuthorsOzolins, John
Abstract

This paper revives the idea that what is central to education is not facilitating the acquisition of information or skills to use in the marketplace, but the encounter between teacher and learner which enables the student to acquire a richer and deeper appreciation of the human world which he or she inhabits. Knowledge is a human artefact which is created in the initiation of a learner into a common form of life, and this is not something which can be carried out without the involvement of other human beings. It is argued that teaching is a vocation, where this implies a love of truth and of learning for its own sake. A passionate regard for these will not be imparted by the use of technology, but through the experience of sharing in a journey of discovery with other human beings. Moreover, lifelong learning conceived as a postmodern replacement for education in which there are no distinctions between what is worthwhile knowledge and what is not is to be rejected, as is the commodification of education to which such a conception leads.

Year2002
PublisherBrisbane Papers
Web address (URL)https://pesa.org.au/images/papers/2002-papers/ozolins2002.pdf
Open accessOpen access
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Research GroupSchool of Philosophy
Place of publicationBrisbane, Australia
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