Ben Okri: Introduction

The universities of the future will do one thing we do not do today. They will teach the art of self-discovery. There is nothing more fundamental in education.We turn out students from our universities who know how to give answers, but not how to ask the essential questions.Ben Okri, “Plato’s Dream...

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Julkaisussa:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces,
Päätekijä: McCann, Fiona
Aineistotyyppi: Article ou chapitre numérique
Kieli:Anglais
Julkaistu: Commonwealth Essays and Studies 2021
Linkit:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Yhteenveto:The universities of the future will do one thing we do not do today. They will teach the art of self-discovery. There is nothing more fundamental in education.We turn out students from our universities who know how to give answers, but not how to ask the essential questions.Ben Okri, “Plato’s Dream,”A Time for New Dreams, 27Yesterday’s road has ledTo yesterday’s destination.Today is a new chaos.A new journey. A new city.Needing new paths. And new standards.Ben Okri, “The Ruin and the Forest,...