Technology, Time, and Intangibles

Technology, Time, and Intangibles: Freedom of Education and the relationship between the cultural, economic, and political sphere

Martinez Dominguez, Oscar Mateo (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)

Slinger, J (mentor)
Naastepad, C.W.M. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Management of Technology (MoT)

2022-07-12

The thesis proposes an education system that have the potential to safeguard freedom of education. Freedom of education is found to be essential for human flourishing after discussing Aristotle's Eudaimonia and different definitions of freedom. The thesis proposes that the social spheres (cultural, economic, and political) need to have an ideal allocation of freedoms: negative freedom in the cultural sphere, positive freedom in the economic sphere, and Enlightenment freedom in the political sphere. This ideal allocation of freedoms is compared to the current allocation which is derived from a broad review of educational reforms in the United States of America and the Netherlands. Ultimately, the proposed system is based of a voucher system that ensure equal funds to students regardless of the curriculum they choose. Such a system also provides complete educational autonomy for the teachers to create their own curriculum, or choose which ones to participate, and define their own quality standards outside of political and economic influences.

Human Flourishing
Freedom of Education
Social Spheres
Capital
Educational Reform

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Student theses

master thesis

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