VOLUME 5(6) • 2017
EDITORIAL: AIMS AND ENDS IN EDUCATION
ABSTRACT. This special edition of Knowledge Culture begins to address the question of aims and ends in education from a range of perspectives, drawing, among others, upon the teachings of John Dewey, to explore the purpose of education as we know it, its ongoing value and how it might evolve as we m..
AIMS AS EXPERIENCE
ABSTRACT. Human action runs thick with aims and means. Without aims, without means, and the interplay between them the very idea of action itself would be unintelligible. Through space and time means are transformed into aims or ends-in-view; and aims simultaneously signal the possibilities of furth..
THE HEART OF THE MATTER: A WRITTEN PRESENTATION OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL PETER FRASER MEMORIAL LECTURE
ABSTRACT. This article presents the transcript of the Sixth Annual Peter Fraser Memorial Lecture that was held in Wellington, New Zealand on October 4, 2016. The lecture comprised of five invited speakers broadly drawn from the education, media and union sectors with an interest in the legacy of Pri..
HUMANIZING SECONDARY SCHOOL CONTEXTS: LEARNING FROM AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND AND PERU
ABSTRACT. In the context of secondary education, changes are taking place which serve as an important source of inspiration for considering how to “promote the best possible realization of humanity as humanity” (Dewey, 1966, p. 95). Utilising concepts of care and restorative practice, high school st..
A BEAUTIFUL LIFE AS AN END OF EDUCATION
ABSTRACT. Following the theme of a conference held in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2016, this article explores the notion of “enabling students to live a beautiful life” as a possible end of education. A distinction is made between short-term, contextual aims in education and overarching, encompassi..
BACK TO THE FUTURE? AIMS AND ENDS FOR FUTURE-ORIENTED SCIENCE EDUCATION POLICY – THE NEW ZEALAND CONTEXT
ABSTRACT. Science and science education are a focus of high-level government policy settings in many countries. Greater public interest in and knowledge of science is seen as being an important prerequisite for economic growth and social development in the Knowledge Age. In this article, I argue tha..
AIMS OF EDUCATION IN A POST-NEOLIBERAL CONTEXT
ABSTRACT. This article is based on a Foucaultian genealogical approach to a problem of the present. In this case the “problem” is that current official aims for education are inadequate to the needs of students in a rapidly changing world. I discuss briefly the location of educational aims in their ..