I have continued reading Riane Eisler's book Tomorrow's Children. It is a very inspiring book. It has challengef my notions about what education should be. It has made me question the recent trend of "back to basics" and what that really is. She describes the model as one of dominant hierarchical order in which we are trained to "follow orders". She proposes a more democratic way of educating. She calls it the partnership model in which teachers and students work together instead of the teacher being the "dictator" or the dominant figure who is there merely to train students into being good followers. I will continue reading about it because she has caught my interest. I met Riane Eisler last week and she is an excellent speaker. She was at the conference at Claremont Graduate University. She is also a very kind and unassuming person. For someone of her stature she is very approachable. I want to look into her partnership model and learn more about it.
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i don't know very much about the "back to basics" model, but i do definitely agree that we need to teach our children not to simply accept what people in positions of authority tell them as the whole truth. i like the idea of partnering a lot more.
however, i am wondering about how we can teach compassion and cooperation without ignoring the socio-political realities of war and conflict. any ideas? thanxxx.
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