tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post8013164315144191889..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Underschooling and overschoolingJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-43563688640395048902011-07-14T21:12:09.809+01:002011-07-14T21:12:09.809+01:00exactly what is overschooling?exactly what is overschooling?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-28563296901452645592010-09-21T16:30:57.726+01:002010-09-21T16:30:57.726+01:00I wonder if the problem is not so much under and o...I wonder if the problem is not so much under and overschooling, but in what we expect our schools to do. In the UK at least, schools have been turned into exams factories, with students being trained to pass these. Any learning which may take place is incidental to that purpose. In contrast, and this may be a massive generalisation, in many poorer countries, learning often seems to be valued for its own sake.Bernard Salmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16756716991445396009noreply@blogger.com