On worldviews and wisdom [1]
In my last article for ViVEDUS newsletter (which you can read here), I offered a response to the question “What really matters in education?”. I suggested that if we were to believe politicians and newspaper editors, we might form the view that the only thing that really matters is academic achievement as expressed in the form of an ATAR score (or NAPLAN results in years 3, 5, 7 and 9). I offered an alternative view, that schools ought to prioritise the nurturing of creativity, interdisciplinary learning and holistic education (recognising that human beings have bodies and souls, as well as minds).
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