I was quite astonished when I learned some details about the school
systems in Israel and Palestine a few months ago. I was, for example,
not aware of the Haredi schools for Jews in Israel
(https://en.idi.org.il/articles/49956), while I knew the Quran schools
for Muslims in Palestine. It seems reasonable to assume that such school
systems contribute to the current problem.
I asked myself how a school system can be shaped in a way that prohibits
the indoctrination of kids by religious organisations or capitalistic or
communist states (here in Austria catholic and capitalistic
indoctrination do happen often). Private schools are obviously part of
the problem. Same for state schools, considerably in non secular,
capitalist or communist states. An older suggestion by Herbart is to
give teachers a status like judges so they can commit themselves to an
education that is based on the scientifically justified interests of the
children only. But can educational scientists really guarantee an
education that is solely based on the best interests of the child? As an
educational scientist, I'm not really sure.
I'm still searching for smart answers to this old challenge. My last
idea is that maybe avoiding the prohibition of indoctrination is a good
idea. Why not make the indoctrination transparent for the kids by
creating three school systems (private/state/scientific), were the kids
visit all three in equal share?
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Liebe Grüße,
Christian Swertz
https://www.swertz.at
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