Human Capital: The Tragedy of the Education Commons by Guy Standing Groundswell Speaker 2024

Human Capital: The Tragedy of the Education Commons by Guy Standing Groundswell Speaker 2024Does the education system make better people? Why are so many teachers and students alike stressed and dissatisfied? Do we need to revive real education? Ideally, education is about the pursuit of truth, beauty and morality. But in the last few decades, a perilous fixation with human capital skills, knowledge and aptitudes required for the labour market has trampled over curricula, schools and universities. Rather than learning how to think critically

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