Noam Chomsky: The Purpose of Education
"Education is really aimed at helping students get to the point
where they can learn on their own. . . "
- Noam Chomsky
where they can learn on their own. . . "
- Noam Chomsky
Video Below
Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor and Professor Emeritus at MIT, presented
"The Purpose of Education" recently at the "Learning without Frontiers" Conference
in London.
Video runs about 20 minutes and topics include the role of technology and tests in education.
Here are some notable comments along with the time segments (transcript and quotes are non-official):
:30 Two types of Education
The first kind of education is related to the Enlightenment - highest goal in life to inquire and create; search the riches of the past; try to internalize ; carry the quest --- help people how to
