tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post2037495021434946358..comments2023-10-29T10:32:36.914-04:00Comments on Philosophy, et cetera: Teaching as an Ideal: Part IIIRichard Y Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-21621642668451919812007-03-25T04:48:00.000-04:002007-03-25T04:48:00.000-04:00With respect to 9a under discussion, I think the k...With respect to 9a under discussion, I think the key thing is that schools and universities ought to have more in common given that they have the same aims. <BR/><BR/>That is, it's not that schools ought to be more university-like because that's what some students might go on to do, but rather that schools ought to be more university-like in terms of how they value things like independent learning, ambitious pursuit of knowledge, and so on. But that's because these things are intrinsically valuable, not because they're good things to get used to for university.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-80561621872461437832007-03-24T18:44:00.000-04:002007-03-24T18:44:00.000-04:00Yeah, good point. I guess the whole post shows it...Yeah, good point. I guess the whole post shows its bias towards university-style academia, with its emphasis on the intellectual rather than the social and the cultural.<BR/><BR/>And its good to remember that schools are not the only place where education occurs - I guess a separate list of complaints could be written about Universities, polytechs, and other sorts of education.Mike Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349289865571299017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-31424749521904431322007-03-24T16:22:00.000-04:002007-03-24T16:22:00.000-04:00Good post...Just one thing.> Ideally there should,...Good post...<BR/><BR/>Just one thing.<BR/><BR/>> Ideally there should, I think, be a rich interaction between secondary school and University.<BR/><BR/>just as long as we realise that not all people will go from school to university. there is no point training someone to be an academic if they neither want to nor have any use for that.<BR/><BR/>I think universities goals are not all that closely aligned with students goals even for those students that do choose to go.<BR/><BR/>GNZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com