Homo Educandus : Why Our School System is Broken and What We Can Do About It

Linnaeus, the Swedish taxonomist, was wrong when he named our species Homo sapiens, i.e. wise man. We are not. We do too many senseless, destructive and irresponsible things to deserve that label. Actually, we need to be educated. Fortunately, we can be educated. We can transform ourselves. We are H...

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Main Author: Bransen, Jan (auth)
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Published: Nijmegen Radboud University Press 2021
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