“We are slowly coming to realize that all education is group work (Lewin, 1943, 1999, p334).” Certainly that is true in primary education, most types of effective training, and in what Lewin termed “re-education,” which is the process of helping individuals change how they think and behave in relation to issues such as race and role (especially how to effectively lead and how to effectively follow).

Lewin saw education as a reflection of the broader culture in which it resides, and as an influence in promulgating or changing that culture.

“Education is in itself a social process…Education tends to develop certain types of behavior, certain kinds of attitudes …there exists a general cultural ...

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