Chapter 7: The Purpose Behind Education

from the book "RootEd: How Trauma Impacts Learning and Society" by S.R. Zelenz

What purpose does studying how children learn serve, if not for the intent to manipulate?

Introduction

There is much that has been said about the purpose of education, especially since the 1970’s. The rise in people who are questioning the education system’s purpose and their willingness to participate has grown substantially in the last 50 years. Homeschooling alone has grown significantly in the last 20 years. It is no longer something that is considered a religious focus. It is a resistance to the way in which the education system treats, educates, and fails to protect children. It is also the way in which the education system has increased its demands, while consistently failing to improve outcomes, and destroying what was once treasured family time. How did it get to be this way? 

As was discussed in previous chapters, school was never designed …