Reflections on student activism

Analyzing the link between social justice education and student activism, Doris Santoro publishes the following article, where she talks about, among others, Hannah Arendt’s theory in the following terms:

Thinking is the antidote to banality, as it challenges the previously accepted and well-worn ideas of the past. The places where thinking is encouraged and fostered are diminishing. As a result, we must fight to protect those places where it might flourish, where the new has the chance to develop. School may be one of those places where thinking can continue to flourish; yet, it is continually threatened by activities that threaten thinking itself.

 

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Teaching to Save the World

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