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DESIGN | EDUCATIONAL REFORM
Three ways in which education is an oppressive business
and why we must redesign for liberation and growth
Each time I write on the oppressive nature of education, the reactions and mails and messages I get from readers make me aware of how sensitive this subject is — not just to everyone out there who has education and learning & development as a calling, but even to others, who are at the providing end of education, the grantors, parents, grandparents, anyone who is working really-really hard to help people get an education and open them doors to new possibilities, or go ahead and break that oppressive glass ceiling and fly free.
My recent piece on the subject, in which I traveled from Plato to Paolo Freire, was no exception:
I know. I am in education too. I am an L&D professional too. I work with grantors too. I pride myself on being a liberating force too. And now this. It hurts.
In the current piece, do not expect me to give in though. Quite the opposite is…
