Monthly Archives: October 2017

‘Knowledge does not keep any better than fish’: A.N. Whitehead and the aims of education

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Lindsay Jordan

Whitehead, A.N. 1929. The Aims of Education and other essays. The Free Press: New York. Whitehead presents the aim of education as producing ‘[people] who possess both culture and expert knowledge… their expert knowledge will give them the ground to … Continue reading →

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Psychedelics, spiritual experience and character education

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Lindsay Jordan

Next week I’m going to a launch of a new Impact pamphlet that defends character education in schools. Randall Curren is the author, and he will present his case with responses from four panelists. Wikipedia tells me that ‘Character education … Continue reading →

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Higher Education in the age of Artificial Intelligence

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Lindsay Jordan

Aoun, J. 2017. Higher education in the age of artificial intelligence. MIT Press. Joseph E. Aoun has set out his vision for the University. It is an interesting one; a clear departure from the scores of humanities professors who dream … Continue reading →

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Liquid modernity and the paradox of declining female happiness

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Lindsay Jordan

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about ideas of academic culture and interdisciplinarity, and imagining a future for the university that takes into account the hyper-connected, globalised, uber-responsive world of today – what Zygmunt Bauman calls the ‘liquid modernity’. … Continue reading →

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