Re: Here's someone on our side :o)

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:10:17 +0100, D.M. Procida wrote:

Ian <ian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Of course there is the crude political perspective that all private
enterprise is evil and everything should be nationalised

Can you think of any actual example where anyone has said any such
thing? Because I can't.

I didn't say anyone did, I gave that as an example of one extreme view.

But it's an extreme view that I don't believe anybody in the world has
ever held, so what is the point of mentioning it?

Really? The world is a big place. Your belief is highly improbable given
the size of the population but in any case, the point is you can take two
extremes, one where all private enterprise is evil and everything should
be nationalised - I have come across this in more than one individual - or
that there should be nothing but "free" enterprise and no government. That
too is an extreme I have seen supported. The vast majority of people
believe in something between the extremes and its more a matter of degree.
You seemed to have an extreme view

"I don't think that *business* (i.e. profit-making) has any right or stake
in education whatsoever."

Are you sure you really meant this? It is a very extreme view that most
people would not support just as at the other extreme, saying business
should determine all education would be equally unsupported.

I have taught at degree level since 1992 (I still do), though my school
teaching experience is of course much more recent.

So would you say business has no legitimate right to influence in higher
education where you have more experience? What do you think of Knowledge
Transfer Partnerships? Is it education in general or just school education
where business should keep away? There is a fairly good case that business
influence is least important in primary and of increasing importance as
students get older. On the other hand there is quite a thriving young
enterprise scheme that goes down into primary schools. Citigroup's Young
Enterprise scheme globally involves over 1,800 employees teaching 235,000
students each year and in Europe alone, over 140,000 children take part in
schemes each year across 20 countries. That is just one example. So at
least some people in education seem to value business input and some
businesses are prepared to put resources in too.

--
Ian Lynch
www.theINGOTs.org
www.opendocumentfellowship.org
www.schoolforge.org.uk
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