Marion Hubbard's Blog
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The education issue
I am a naturalized American citizen living in Brussels, Belgium.
I share the feeling with so many others abroad that people around the world continue to look to America for moral leadership in world politics. I believe that Barack Obama could provide that moral leadership for America and for the world.
In this context it is important to understand the meaning of morality as 'moral intelligence' as opposed to the authoritarian interpretation of the word in the sense of 'moralism'. American moralism is the basis for American foreign policy and the American definition of the role of commander-in-chief.
In keeping with Obama's stand for change in Washington, we need a new definition for the role of commander-in-chief as a moral leader or 'statesman' who stands for peaceful and therefore moral solutions to human political problems. The function of America's president as commander-in-chief would be to promote freedom in the true sense of the word i.e. freedom of rational conscience or 'moral freedom' - a universal human aspiration and the basis for true democracy.
I share the feeling with so many others abroad that people around the world continue to look to America for moral leadership in world politics. I believe that Barack Obama could provide that moral leadership for America and for the world.
In this context it is important to understand the meaning of morality as 'moral intelligence' as opposed to the authoritarian interpretation of the word in the sense of 'moralism'. American moralism is the basis for American foreign policy and the American definition of the role of commander-in-chief.
In keeping with Obama's stand for change in Washington, we need a new definition for the role of commander-in-chief as a moral leader or 'statesman' who stands for peaceful and therefore moral solutions to human political problems. The function of America's president as commander-in-chief would be to promote freedom in the true sense of the word i.e. freedom of rational conscience or 'moral freedom' - a universal human aspiration and the basis for true democracy.
The extent to which individuals are incapacitated in a changing society is evidence that educational policy is anomalous. Any kind of real social change depends on the right kind of change in educational policy. So what kind of education is right for the 21st century?
Reflect on the following quotation reference... "Surely an education designed for the nineteenth century industrial society does not address the needs of our time. Our schools do not speak to the confused, fearful condition of the young generation who must inherit this troubled culture and this threatened planet... there is no longer a societal consensus supporting the nineteenth century model of common schooling. A radically different paradigm, not yet clearly defined, is emerging... The major purpose of schooling until now has been to preserve the hegemony of the established culture to induct each new generation into the dominant worldview... But we can conceive education as a genuine community of learning in which new meanings, new metaphors are generated... sense of reverence toward nature and life - respect for diversity, spontaneity and the inherent wisdom of organic growth - it is essential that we draw on our deepest source of renewal and creativity: the imagination. The holistic critique calls for an integration of rational, empirical, analytical modes of knowing with the imaginative and intuitive... The recent so-called 'holistic education movement' is the manifestation of the concern for an education which 'draws forth' (from the Latin 'educare') the "latent capacities and sensitivities of the individual". (Miller R. et al. The Renewal of Meaning in Education: Responses to the Cultural and Ecological Crisis of our Times Brandon, VT: Holistic Education Press, 1993 p.20-23)
Change in education would be based on the importance of complete development of the individual as a whole... physical, psychological, social and spiritual.
Reflect on the following quotation reference... "Surely an education designed for the nineteenth century industrial society does not address the needs of our time. Our schools do not speak to the confused, fearful condition of the young generation who must inherit this troubled culture and this threatened planet... there is no longer a societal consensus supporting the nineteenth century model of common schooling. A radically different paradigm, not yet clearly defined, is emerging... The major purpose of schooling until now has been to preserve the hegemony of the established culture to induct each new generation into the dominant worldview... But we can conceive education as a genuine community of learning in which new meanings, new metaphors are generated... sense of reverence toward nature and life - respect for diversity, spontaneity and the inherent wisdom of organic growth - it is essential that we draw on our deepest source of renewal and creativity: the imagination. The holistic critique calls for an integration of rational, empirical, analytical modes of knowing with the imaginative and intuitive... The recent so-called 'holistic education movement' is the manifestation of the concern for an education which 'draws forth' (from the Latin 'educare') the "latent capacities and sensitivities of the individual". (Miller R. et al. The Renewal of Meaning in Education: Responses to the Cultural and Ecological Crisis of our Times Brandon, VT: Holistic Education Press, 1993 p.20-23)
Change in education would be based on the importance of complete development of the individual as a whole... physical, psychological, social and spiritual.
As an American citizen living in Brussels (Belgium), I share the feeling with many others abroad that people around the world continue to look to America for moral leadership in world politics. I believe that Senator Barack Obama could provide that moral leadership for America and for the world if he were elected as president of the United States. In this context it is important to understand the true meaning of the word 'morality'. Natural morality is a function of the superior intelligence of rational conscience whereas authoritarian morality is a function of the limited intelligence of irrational conscience or 'moralism'.
Natural morality is a function of freedom of rational conscience i.e. moral freedom or 'true freedom' - the basis for real democracy. Development of rational conscience depends on complete personal development which in turn depends on freedom in education - a moral issue because it involves the person's moral development as a function of freedom for psychological and spiritual growth.
The 'right' educational philosophy is foundational to the freedom of democratic society if it is based on the meaning of education in the real sense of the word as derived from Latin 'educare' to lead out or bring out the human potential. The right education for democracy is education of the person as a whole i.e. 'holistic education' also known as 'free education', 'progressive education', 'humanistic education', 'peace education' and 'democratic education'.
The implementation of such a philosophy is consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. "Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms." (article 26 paragraph 2)
see www.HolisticEducator.com
Natural morality is a function of freedom of rational conscience i.e. moral freedom or 'true freedom' - the basis for real democracy. Development of rational conscience depends on complete personal development which in turn depends on freedom in education - a moral issue because it involves the person's moral development as a function of freedom for psychological and spiritual growth.
The 'right' educational philosophy is foundational to the freedom of democratic society if it is based on the meaning of education in the real sense of the word as derived from Latin 'educare' to lead out or bring out the human potential. The right education for democracy is education of the person as a whole i.e. 'holistic education' also known as 'free education', 'progressive education', 'humanistic education', 'peace education' and 'democratic education'.
The implementation of such a philosophy is consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. "Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms." (article 26 paragraph 2)
see www.HolisticEducator.com
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