In Praise of Education as a Time-Release Capsule

Autor/in	Siegel, David J.
Titel	In Praise of Education as a Time-Release Capsule
Quelle	In: About Campus, 14 (2009) 4, S.26-29 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1086-4822
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Higher Education; Educational Philosophy; Accountability; Time Perspective + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Verantwortung; Zeitbezug
Abstract	The modern era of accountability--"Show me what you do matters, and do it quickly"--may discount it, but, according to this author, much of an education worthy of the name acts on "time release." Many of education's effects are gradual; they are also erratic, unpredictable, conditional, circumstantial, and, ultimately, subject to too many matters of the heart and head to reproduce on a mass scale. This does little to satisfy higher education's various watchdogs and stakeholders, the vast majority of whom are increasingly impatient for linear connections between what is taught and what is learned so that economic competitiveness and other public purposes can be served. Siegel suggests that, even if legislators or the tax-paying public cannot be convinced of the legitimacy of an educational philosophy of indirectness, students should be encouraged to celebrate the value of education effects that are often clumsy, meandering, mysterious, or even at times invisible. To illustrate this point, he provides several examples of this "time release" effect, and advocates helping cultivate in students an appreciation for the delayed and circuitous effects of their education. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10