Show threadbs2Mar 8, 2024
It was great to see books by Paolo Freire and John Dewey mentioned in Greta Goetz's post about Education and Free Software. I didn't know you could link to a page of a book on #ArchiveOrg. Archive is usefull with both pdf and full text versions. So far their full text seems better than the text I get from #TesseractOCR . Here are the paragraphs cited by #GretaGoetz from
#EducationForCriticalConsciousness and #ProblemsOfMen , #DemocracyAndEducation
Show threadbs2Mar 8, 2024
> .. to see knowledge as something that is not passively downloaded but requires active engagement, discovery, and selection. To "sharpen our tools" is to learn something about learning and how it[learning?] is embedded in social habit and institutional systems.
#LearningSelection #LearningChoice #GretaGoetz
bs2Mar 8, 2024
> ..in.. digital learning environments, to sharpen tools.. mean[s] to know not just how the tool works but what the tool means with respect to the place of the human in the world. This will be explored by considering the five Ws: what free software education is, who it is for, when and where it takes place, and why our active role as digital makers, not just passive users, is central to the meaning of free software education.
https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2022/spring/the-need-for-free-software-education-now
#FreeSoftwareEducation #GretaGoetz #FSF #孔子
The need for free software education now — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software