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What are we educating our students for? || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2013)
Acharya Prashant
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12 years ago
Teaching
Transformation
Market
Education
Industry
Learning
Information
Consciousness
Description

Acharya Prashant explores the fundamental nature of teaching, questioning whether modern educational institutions are truly transforming students or merely manufacturing finished products for the market. He argues that if the curriculum and goals are dictated by corporate needs and societal expectations, teaching becomes a process of supplying adjustable information to make students fit into existing systems. He highlights a disparity where academic institutions value industry experience, yet the industry often views extensive teaching experience as a hindrance, suggesting a master-slave relationship where the market dictates the terms of education.