Kirsten

That is to say, our informational tools have rapidly become our informational envir-onment .

I’ve been teaching creative writing for many years. And teaching writing is a weird thing, because it’s not just about helping students master a subject. It’s really about helping them discover what stories they’re meant to tell, how best to tell those stories, and how to overcome the inhibitions that inevitably arise when we seize the mantle of... See more

However, there are displays of “negentropy” (Schrödinger, 1944), pockets of the universe where order and bodily integrity are maintained in the face of the surge towards chaos. These pockets are self-organising systems, or “ things ” (Hipólito, 2019), including—but not limited to—living organisms. These things resist entropy by interacting with the... See more

Fundamentally then, school and all educative experiences must empower the learner to think freely about the complex world around them, and thus should be a liberator of oppression, not the reinforcer of it.