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# Documentary Ignites Conversation Around Aim of Education

## Details

**Authors** Harper A

**Year** 2017

**Publisher** EducationDive

**Kind of work** press

**Discipline** Education

**Kind of engagement** press

[Read it](https://www.k12dive.com/news/documentary-ignites-conversation-around-aim-of-education/512591/)

## In authors' words

### What they set out to do (purpose)

A news story by Amelia Harper on the RE:Thinking documentary and the debate it opened about the purpose of schooling.

### What they found (results)

The film argues educators should teach students how to think rather than what to think, favoring critical thinking over rote memorization; the story notes the film is predicated on the work of Derek and Laura Cabrera, applying systems-based concepts to education.

## Commentary

### In short

Coverage of the work in EducationDive.

**Patterns it shows** D, S, R, P

**How to cite this** Harper A (2017). Documentary Ignites Conversation Around Aim of Education. EducationDive.