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"thinking About Thinking" Has To Be A Principle Ingredient Of Any Empowering Practice Of Education.

I Would Urge That The Yeast Of Education Is The Idea Of Excellence, And The Idea Of Excellence Comprises As Many Forms As There Are Individuals, Each Of Whom Develops His Own Image Of Excellence. The School Must Have As One Of Its Principal Functions The Nurturing Of Images Of Excellence.

Education Must, Be Not Only A Transmission Of Culture But Also A Provider Of Alternative Views Of The World And A Strengthener Of The Will To Explore Them.

Rather, The Master Question From Which The Mission Of Education Research Is Derived: What Should Be Taught To Whom, And With What Pedagogical Object In Mind? That Master Question Is Threefold: What, To Whom, And How? Education Research, Under Such A Dispensation, Becomes An Adjunct Of Educational Planning And Design. It Becomes Design Research In The Sense That It Explores Possible Ways In Which Educational Objectives Can Be Formulated And Carried Out In The Light Of Cultural Objectives And Values In The Broad.

Grasping The Structure Of A Subject Is Understanding It In A Way That Permits Many Other Things To Be Related To It Meaningfully. To Learn Structure In Short, Is To Learn How Things Are Related.