0142: #Teaching for #Revolution
#education #occupyedu #ctchat #occupy
Why teach critical thinking of not for revolution? Revolution is change, transformation, innovation. It’s a concept that is inevitable if people learn to think, learn to learn, learn that they are the creators of culture. Critical thinking embraces the individual power to create, collaborate, question, reinvent, and so forth. When we teach or help learners develop their critical thinking, we are not teaching revolution in the political or economic sense, though either of those may come; rather, we helping learners revolutionize their own consciousnesses. Revolution of consciousness is far more threatening than political or economic revolution because it is permanent, sustainable, decentralized, humanizing, and is multifactorial. As teachers, as humans we must strive for this sort of revolution. The world belongs to those who own their own minds.
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stealingintolanguage likes this
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skmerrill3 answered:
Maybe it’s time for all of us old teachers to re-read Postman and Weingartner’s TEACHING AS A SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY
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penamerican reblogged this from educatedtodeath
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karsluv answered:
Yeah you’re right education changes the whole concept about a thing :D
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trullez answered:
most revolutions end not that well for discenters
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teachingtoday answered:
This seems a little unnecessary. MOST teachers teach with the goal of enacting change. This was a bit grandiose for an obvious sentiment.
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ethosterracomm reblogged this from educatedtodeath
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shashacrammerspine answered:
its cause humans are afraid of change, and real freedom, gobernments are afraid not to be in control.
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lhuddles answered:
there have been a LOT of occupy______ posts promoted lately as well as general non-education posts. i am doing a MAJOR eye roll…
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meinnamemute answered:
ahay…I agree
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