educating people not consumers

July 20th, 2011 • books, library
Tags: consumerism, education, formal, informal, jane mcgonigal, jonathan hickman, libr559m, module 2, people, reality is broken, school, the nightly news, videogames

Jane McGonigal’s book Reality is Broken has a good discussion of formal vs informal education, and of the difference between creating consumers and creating people. Participating in culture is the way to the latter. Which brought to mind this quote: “The only thing you should learn from school is that you do not belong.” (The Nightly News by Jonathan Hickman)