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'Action is taken against those who dare to investigate, forcing the gaze from the actualities of a failing system' - with government ministers denouncing children who dare to criticise the Prime Minister, yet rewarding ministers who fail.
Public education is rapidly becoming privatised, commodifying knowledge.
The crisis in education is causing teacher burnout and increasing inequality.
Since MacIntyre's lecture in 1985, education in England has been 'the subject of a ... ideological experiment in marketisation and neoconservatism.' that has not survived rigorous scrutiny and contradicts the notion of 'education as a common good' (Gunter and Courtney, 2020).
'Narrow pedagogy' involved in commersialising education is driving experienced teachers out of the profession whilst generic training models to create a 'disposable workforce' that benefits the economy but further afflicts the most disadvantaged within society.
Move towards streamling education after the pandemic, creating national guidelines that ignore the plights of those for whom digital education is not a realistic possibility - agrees with MacIntyre's argument in conversation with Dunne that a lot of teaching time is needed than is being accommodated.
'Obfuscation and denying the reality only adds to the crisis. Searching for truth and presenting it renders others able to see the facts. Armed with these proofs the dangers are exposed and can be dealt with in public calmly and expertly, thus ensuring the crisis is averted – as any crisis can be.' - Lyotard (Michael Peters): 'an expert concludes whereas a philosopher questions'