ABSTRACT

This chapter looks at several of the ideas the author raises in this book by putting them together and linking them to each other. He suggests some speculative ideas and offers how to move forward. First, he juxtaposes arguments that are made separately in previous chapters and discusses the results of linking them. He then offers and discusses few practical measures that need to be taken in order to translate the vision to reality. He attempts to bridge the two constructions of education, the Continental and the Anglo American. Ignoring or underappreciating the attempts of self-interested forces to influence the public K–12 education is dangerous since the probable result is allowing them a significant foothold in schools. The author stressed the need for K–12 education to look around and consider every human endeavor—scholarly or practical—as a potential resource for educative ideas, themes, and questions that might lead to experiences, understanding, and hopefully new meanings.