School means things done in leisure time
In the recent Freedom In Education brief:
“It recently occurred to me to look up the origin of the word school. I found that it is derived from the ancient Greek word, Skhole, which meant either leisure, or the things done in one’s leisure time, or the place where one spent one’s leisure time. In particular, it was a word used to describe learned discussions and disputations that took place between a teacher and their students. This is far removed from the modern meaning of school,…”
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Bedankt voor de link!
Ik heb nog twee andere bronnen gevonden die de oorsprong van het woord ‘school’ aangeven:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=school
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/school
Ook vond ik een interessant artikel van Pat Farenga, waar hij het heeft over de oorsprong van het woord ‘education’:
http://www.patfarenga.com/Writing/therootofeducati.html
(bron: http://www.waaromonderwijs.nl/waarom_onderwijs_jos_verhulst_.html )
beste groeten,
Tuur Demeester
http://www.waaromonderwijs.nl/waarom_onderwijs_jos_verhulst_.html
Your finding about the origin of word school has opened a new thought-gate for me. I am doing my research in primary education in India. It would be great to get more insights on primary education.
The modern meaning of education has taken a business turn. The reality is slipping off our hands and we are just sinking in the deep mess in and around our schools.
There can be many starting points for us to help brig it out in light like no involvement of money in the business of education. It should be in terms of activities, contributions or any other kind of services, but not money. mothers can be the best teachers. We can have schools for parents, too. Why not?
I will be back with some some insights from my research.