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Irrelevant Content

It would therefore seem that
what is taught, the content of a
curriculum, may be irrelevant in
liberalizing and humanizing young
people. The factor responsible for
liberalizing and humanizing appears
to be the process of education. I it
encourages students to cultivate the
ability to think for themselves
rather than regurgitating back to s
their lecture notes; I it encourages
them to make difficult moral
choices; I it encourages them to
construct a program of study wisely
by deciding among a host of
alternatives; I it encourages them
to create their own philosophy and
style of life from diverse cultural
materials and possibilities. The
medium, therefore, is the message.