http://www.mountebank.org/blog/240/education-as-industry/ There is nothing so impossible in nature... Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:32:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.mountebank.org/blog/240/education-as-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Ruru Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:28:46 +0000 http://www.mountebank.org/blog/?p=240#comment-195 Yes, when Bush was talking some weeks ago about putting more money in the community colleges because they're important for job training, etc., one part of me was pleased, but another part couldn't help but suspect that those in power would prefer people go to college for job training rather than to get a "liberal education". However, I think the article you referred to some posts back on connectivism only emphasizes the point that training for a specific set of (job) skills isn't going to get you as far as learning how to "synthesize and recognize connections and patterns" - liberal education. Yes, when Bush was talking some weeks ago about putting more money in the community colleges because they’re important for job training, etc., one part of me was pleased, but another part couldn’t help but suspect that those in power would prefer people go to college for job training rather than to get a “liberal education”.
However, I think the article you referred to some posts back on connectivism only emphasizes the point that training for a specific set of (job) skills isn’t going to get you as far as learning how to “synthesize and recognize connections and patterns” – liberal education.

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