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oapen-20.500.12657-526892022-02-10T02:52:42Z Homo Educandus Bransen, Jan philosophy; human nature; development; school; learning; education bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology::JMA Psychological theory & schools of thought::JMAL Behavioural theory (Behaviourism) bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSX Human biology bic Book Industry Communication::3 Time periods qualifiers::3J Modern period, c 1500 onwards bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology Linnaeus, the Swedish taxonomist, was wrong when he named our species Homo sapiens, i.e. wise man. We are not. We do too many senseless, destructive and irresponsible things to deserve that label. Actually, we need to be educated. Fortunately, we can be educated. We can transform ourselves. We are Homo educandus. Sadly, our current school system is broken. In fact, it does not support education. It deforms. This is what Jan Bransen claims in this book. He convincingly argues that our current school system is based on incoherent ideas, among which the notions that people need to study for years on end before they are ready to take part in our society, or that students learn because teachers teach. We can do better than that. In the second part of the book, Bransen points out that we have reasons to be confident and enthusiastic. We can improve our education system. Applying a dramaturgical analysis of human action, Bransen explains what socialization should look like in primary education, how our personal development can be supported in secondary education and how qualification can be organized in dual tracks in higher education, integrating learning, working and living over our course of life. 2022-02-09T09:21:13Z 2022-02-09T09:21:13Z 2021 book 9789083178905 9789083178943 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52689 eng application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International homo-educandus.pdf https://doi.org/10.54195/DZXW1992 10.54195/DZXW1992 10.54195/DZXW1992 Radboud University Press 9789083178905 9789083178943 246 Nijmegen open access
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Linnaeus, the Swedish taxonomist, was wrong when he named our species Homo sapiens, i.e. wise man. We are not. We do too many senseless, destructive and irresponsible things to deserve that label. Actually, we need to be educated.
Fortunately, we can be educated. We can transform ourselves. We are Homo educandus.
Sadly, our current school system is broken. In fact, it does not support education. It deforms. This is what Jan Bransen claims in this book. He convincingly argues that our current school system is based on incoherent ideas, among which the notions that people need to study for years on end before they are ready to take part in our society, or that students learn because teachers teach.
We can do better than that. In the second part of the book, Bransen points out that we have reasons to be confident and enthusiastic. We can improve our education system. Applying a dramaturgical analysis of human action, Bransen explains what socialization should look like in primary education, how our personal development can be supported in secondary education and how qualification can be organized in dual tracks in higher education, integrating learning, working and living over our course of life.
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