Transformative Education Centre

• Education as it exists sustains conformity and self-centeredness rather than freedom and responsibility.

• A fundamental structure of education at most schools/universities involves knowledge transfer from the one who ‘knows’ to the one who doesn't. When this process is repeated, the human mind and behavior are conditioned in ways that prohibit originality and creative thinking and action.

• Education conditions the mind towards entrenched ways of thinking or merely answering questions with little emphasis on understanding the questions themselves, or questioning the assumptions in the questions. Through this repeated pattern, our sense of discovery also withers. We see this as a danger, where people are tied to known patterns and unwilling to see each problem with fresh eyes.

• To solve issues arising from the struggle of fitting into patterns, new methods and techniques are introduced which aim to address the issue in isolation (e.g., social emotional learning, academic learning, mindfulness, management techniques, etc.). This may seem like a solution but it perpetuates the accumulation of more patterns and further fragmentation.

• The persistent emphasis on goals, outcomes, destinations, and what should be creates linear (point A to B) and narrow pathways of learning, leaving unchallenged deeply held notions of improvement, comparison, and measurement. This projection takes us away from facing, understanding, and transforming what is actually taking place.

The Transformative Education Centre explores and addresses problems we see with the status quo of Education.