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Education and the Social Order
Bertrand Russell
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- 160 pages · about 3 hours
EducationAims and objectivesSociologyEducational sociology
Russell asks what education is for. Should it serve the state, the church, a class, or the child? He argues for schooling that builds independent thinking and curiosity, and looks at how nationalism, religion and money have shaped what children are taught.
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