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Edgar Morin

Being a Great Teacher but not a Good Father

In this new installment of "The Education We Want," Andrés García Barrios examines the life of the French philosopher Edgar Morin, who, at almost 102 ...

The Education We Want | Confessions of a Self-Defeating Competitor

In times like ours, of artificial intelligence and pandemic horror, educational institutions have a unique opportunity to turn the tide and powerfully boost human originality ...
a cyborg

The Education We Want | Unlearning What We Believe About Robots

In this installment of "The education we want," Andrés García Barrios invites us to think about the implications of humanizing robots. ...
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The Education We Want | Love, or Addiction to Knowledge?

Knowledge, reason, and science can awaken us with the voracity to be constantly informed and updated. ...
an apple laptop, black keyboard, a notebook and a pen and a highlighter, and a calculator

The Education We Want | Robots That Write Like humans and Humans That Write Like Robots

In this new installment of "The Education We Want," Andrés García Barrios answers the question of how to deal with the risk of students using ...
an empty classroom with colored desks

The Education We Want | Unlearning

How do we want to be educated? In this first installment of the series THE EDUCATION WE WANT, Andrés García Barrios gives free rein to ...
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Opinion | Pathologization of Everyday Life

In the health and science fields, the categories are valuable and indispensable. However, that does not mean that a person should be reduced entirely to ...
mexican workers search ruins of building in mexico city for survivors after earthquake

Opinion | Human Reactions to Collective Pain

Why does community pain have a close relationship with education? Find out in this essay about our reactions to collective pain. ...
The school of Athens. Painting by Raphael Sanzio.

The School Ritual | Education: Leisure and Business

In this installment of “School Ritual,” Andrés García Barrios reflects on the tense relationship between the origin of the words “school” and “business.” And how ...
a brick wall

Opinion | The School Ritual: In the Face of the Pandemic, Let’s Rebuild Ourselves

In this installment of the “School Ritual,” Andrés García Barrios proposes not forgetting what we have learned in the last two years and carrying out ...
a blackboard divided in two

Opinion | The School Ritual: Spirituality Goes to School

The distance between science and spirituality is evident; unless one of them prevails over the other or both start a dialogue, that distance will remain ...
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Opinion | The School Ritual: Spirituality in the Classroom?

In this opinion essay, Andrés García Barrios proposes a return to spirituality in the classroom or at least an open space to discuss it freely ...
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