CHAPTER 1
Education for Responsibility—What It Is and Why It Is Important
•The Importance of Educating for Responsibility
•The Meaning of Responsibility
•The Problems of Education as Usual
•The Principles of Changing Practice
○Open and Friendly Learning Spaces
○Challenging Questions
○Constant Discussion
Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man’s future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual’s total development lags behind?
Maria Montessori
The Importance of Teaching for Responsibility
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