The Regenerative Education System and Practice—Part 1

This perspective paper is seeking to answer the question, “what is the purpose of education and how do you pursue and achieve that purpose?” The role of education is relevant to pursuing some purpose whether in K-12, Corporate Learning and Development, college and University settings, private or public education of adults, as well as homeschooling. This includes any setting or job title that considers the work is to bring knowledge, learning and development to another. And maybe other settings and audiences.

The standard answer to my question is most often stated as, “the role or purpose of education is to educate individuals within society, to prepare and qualify them for work in an economy as well as to integrate people into society and teach them values and morals of society. The Role of education is the means of socializing individuals and to keep society running smoothly and remain stable.”

That direct quote explains a lot about why we have the system and practices we have. “Educate people to make a living so they are not a drag on others and to fit in, so nothing is disruptive.” That is truly a depressing description offered in the four scholarly journals off of which I pushed my own thinking to prepare to write this paper. I refuse to cite them because I hope they are ignored. Just search “role of education” and see what…