Education for Century Twenty-One as an Age of Maturity

Discusses the nature of the mind and education. Suggests that society learns more from mistakes than from simply replicating the mind of the teacher in the students. Expresses hope that the next century will be one of maturity in which society is able to see that old knowledge no longer applies to a...

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Published in:Social studies (Philadelphia, Pa : 1934) Pa : 1934), 1992-04, Vol.83 (2), p.53-55
Main Author: Boulding, Kenneth E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citizenship Education
Consciousness
Costs
Educational Finance
Error Correction
Futures (of Society)
Global Approach
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Human Capital
Information Transfer
Learning
Learning Processes
Rate of Return
Role of Education
Science and Society
Social Change
Twenty First Century
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Summary:Discusses the nature of the mind and education. Suggests that society learns more from mistakes than from simply replicating the mind of the teacher in the students. Expresses hope that the next century will be one of maturity in which society is able to see that old knowledge no longer applies to a changing world. (DK)
ISSN:0037-7996
2152-405X
DOI:10.1080/00377996.1992.9956197