Mar 23 2011: The true value of organized teaching is evident in the evolution of science and technology. So much so that many have access to computer technology which allows for mass, cross social spectrum discussion on the importance (or not) of organized schooling....
The relation of organized schooling to educational achievement thus leading to social development thru technical advancement cannot be underestimated....hopefully for better & not worse.
The ability of organized schooling to deal with the longer term negative effects(i.e. social exclusion due to perceived inferiority) of organized schooling, well that's another matter.....I believe that is why more and more people are now trying to find alternative education methods which teach for 'better' individual and societal needs.....
Certain legacies of Organized schooling have bred social instability.....i.e. increased industrialization & mechanization leading to accelerated environmental depletion , warfare induced technical evolution surges, diminished self reliance, diminished local, national and international resilience, raising of false hopes (many are losing faith in the higher educated, is there another book burning on the way ?)....
In Organized schoolings’ favor, many of these negative legacies of our recent evolution can be attributed to the increased dependency on money as a social organizer rather than the implementation of organized schooling.
We now live in an age where there is a growing battle between resource and ability to access it, those that have battled to the 'top of the money tree' don't understand the incentive to climb down and share the view...hence the growing perception that society is becoming more exclusive than inclusive.....
There surely is a valid argument to whether the 'Enlightenment period' of organized schooling should be renamed....
Proposals;
1) The un-enlightened period
2) The era of accelerated social instability
3) The era of the Ivy League Legacy of Social ILLS ( The era of ILLS)
Mar 23 2011: Central governments now have highly evolved planning capabilities, just look at the construction of places like FEMA. It's a reaction to existence in a dangerous and increasingly fragile world.
Evolution clearly shows a 'wish' to enforce order on chaos. Organized schooling is I believe part of that wish.
The question now is whether government led society (i.e. the United Nations) can utilize much of what was & can be gained from organized schooling and implement it to bring about a stable environment on a globe of peaceful equal opportunity, with a long term view of propagation of our species, across the known universe.
You would think this would mean investing in the positives of technology & organized schooling i.e. educating for our needs including the reduction of competitive job procurement, alternative energy, massive land reclamation and reinstating, openly structured government encouraging the participation of all, geo-engineering to influence natural cycles…….
Yet we have and have had….natural environment degradation by over industrialization, investment in the war machine rather than the mediation machine… suppression of alternative energies and other technologies, because of it’s perceived infringement on the profit making abilities of the private industrial ladder of hierarchy….the ignorant stupidity of elitism out of step with the needs of a growing world population on a planet of ‘finite’ resources.
Irrespective of waffle….organized schooling seems to have reduced (at least in this country) occurrences such as this…
Jan 16 2010: Fine Words, guess he must have been a Pink Floyd Fan(the wall) or Donovan(Brave New World). Has anything changed since he made this TED speech ...?
Oh yeh....it was pre 911 after all.....
Jan 16 2010: What refreshment... Moleeds....kinda reflective of mankind and our application of science....not sure if he's a 'crank' or genius......TED is lovely........but at the end of the day it's the application of science that has got us into a pickle....and only the application of science that will us get us out of it....trouble is there's an awful lot of people suffering from osterich flu and an awful lot of power mongers still chasing the buck!
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A comment on Talk: Hans Rosling: Stats that reshape your worldview
How likely that climate stats can be projected into the 'mix' is anyones guess.
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A comment on Conversation: What is the true value (if any) of organized schooling?
The relation of organized schooling to educational achievement thus leading to social development thru technical advancement cannot be underestimated....hopefully for better & not worse.
The ability of organized schooling to deal with the longer term negative effects(i.e. social exclusion due to perceived inferiority) of organized schooling, well that's another matter.....I believe that is why more and more people are now trying to find alternative education methods which teach for 'better' individual and societal needs.....
Certain legacies of Organized schooling have bred social instability.....i.e. increased industrialization & mechanization leading to accelerated environmental depletion , warfare induced technical evolution surges, diminished self reliance, diminished local, national and international resilience, raising of false hopes (many are losing faith in the higher educated, is there another book burning on the way ?)....
In Organized schoolings’ favor, many of these negative legacies of our recent evolution can be attributed to the increased dependency on money as a social organizer rather than the implementation of organized schooling.
We now live in an age where there is a growing battle between resource and ability to access it, those that have battled to the 'top of the money tree' don't understand the incentive to climb down and share the view...hence the growing perception that society is becoming more exclusive than inclusive.....
There surely is a valid argument to whether the 'Enlightenment period' of organized schooling should be renamed....
Proposals;
1) The un-enlightened period
2) The era of accelerated social instability
3) The era of the Ivy League Legacy of Social ILLS ( The era of ILLS)
A comment on Conversation: What is the true value (if any) of organized schooling?
Evolution clearly shows a 'wish' to enforce order on chaos. Organized schooling is I believe part of that wish.
The question now is whether government led society (i.e. the United Nations) can utilize much of what was & can be gained from organized schooling and implement it to bring about a stable environment on a globe of peaceful equal opportunity, with a long term view of propagation of our species, across the known universe.
You would think this would mean investing in the positives of technology & organized schooling i.e. educating for our needs including the reduction of competitive job procurement, alternative energy, massive land reclamation and reinstating, openly structured government encouraging the participation of all, geo-engineering to influence natural cycles…….
Yet we have and have had….natural environment degradation by over industrialization, investment in the war machine rather than the mediation machine… suppression of alternative energies and other technologies, because of it’s perceived infringement on the profit making abilities of the private industrial ladder of hierarchy….the ignorant stupidity of elitism out of step with the needs of a growing world population on a planet of ‘finite’ resources.
Irrespective of waffle….organized schooling seems to have reduced (at least in this country) occurrences such as this…
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~calderdalecompanion/kk_85.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8976830@N03/4843795147/
http://www.opendemocracy.net/paul-rogers/toll-of-world
A comment on Talk: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
Oh yeh....it was pre 911 after all.....
A comment on Talk: Charles Fleischer insists: All things are Moleeds