Win Straube, founder and managing trustee of the Straube Foundation and author of QGE= A Quality Generic Education is the Answer (University Press of America), talks about what it takes to provide quality education.
The education system that he's describing exists in a future that is hard to comprehend, but which I believe is inevitable.
Jan. 03 2008 04:30 PM
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Laura
from ROCKLAND COUNTY
Isn't he just arguing for the college system, with lecturers and TA's? But... what about personal education? There are MANY MANY people who do not learn from lectures, but learn better from 1-1 or small groups, which is why so many liberal arts colleges flourish.
Also... isn't he also just arguing for Modernism... a 1-size fits all approach, which, respectfully, is a little outdated?
Jan. 03 2008 11:37 AM
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Paulo
from Paterson, New Jersey
I think that assessment of the the Allied bombings is sort of a cop out. We shouldn't pass judgment on the moral decisions of people in the past? But we can pass moral judgment on the Nazis apparently... I'm not necessarily criticizing the Allied bombing campaign here, but to say that we should just say "it happened and that's it" is a completely bogus statement. Because at the end of the day, we only say that about the morally wrong actions of the side we support or supported.
Jan. 03 2008 11:32 AM
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Comments [3]
The education system that he's describing exists in a future that is hard to comprehend, but which I believe is inevitable.
Isn't he just arguing for the college system, with lecturers and TA's? But... what about personal education? There are MANY MANY people who do not learn from lectures, but learn better from 1-1 or small groups, which is why so many liberal arts colleges flourish.
Also... isn't he also just arguing for Modernism... a 1-size fits all approach, which, respectfully, is a little outdated?
I think that assessment of the the Allied bombings is sort of a cop out. We shouldn't pass judgment on the moral decisions of people in the past? But we can pass moral judgment on the Nazis apparently... I'm not necessarily criticizing the Allied bombing campaign here, but to say that we should just say "it happened and that's it" is a completely bogus statement. Because at the end of the day, we only say that about the morally wrong actions of the side we support or supported.
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