{"id":4458,"date":"2025-08-25T16:13:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stevealabi.com\/interactive\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:17:45","slug":"copy-of-for-teachers-the-purpose-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevealabi.com\/interactive\/copy-of-for-teachers-the-purpose-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"For Teachers: The Purpose of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Differing opinions about the purposes of education never seems to end. Should young people become educated to get prepared to enter the workforce, or should the purpose of education be focused more on social, academic, cultural and intellectual development so that students can grow up to be engaged citizens?<\/p>

These were the issues we discussed and also how to be a better teacher than you currently are.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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