Questions to Apitholo #27

Further questions to apitholo, about apithology and humanity inquiry ...

Question #27 – Is this, or should this be, mainly for the young?

This question opens vast vistas to do with educational theory, generational equity, and developmental psychology. However, we can be more playful with the answer (beyond the question asked). Here we will assume the ‘this’ is generative humanity learning as enabled at apitholo.

Initially, there is a subtle suggestion that new learning is more easily done by those with open minds. It is true that our most universal experience of generative learning is language acquisition as a child. A few words, become a growing vocabulary, that allows for complex expression in the young remarkably. However, the assumption that generative learning is only for the young reinforces a dichotomy between pedagogy (of the child) and andragogy (of the adult). The experimental and the playful is allocated to those without responsibility for the essential and practical. There is a hidden ethic of redundancy built into this as a generational policy. What we do now, is to be replaced by something later. The result is a persistent call for change, in the prospect of change resistance.

If we think about the question more reflectively, the central idea is that a generative ethic of care involves caring for all generations, present and prospective. This "one caring" would be expressed in a humanity equally, by all ages, and in all learning stages. In this understanding we see that a premise in apithagogy (or generative humanity learning) presumes that generative learning may be participated in by all at every age. The enablement of all, benefits all, by each enabling. One action, across all generations.

In a playful turn on the question, we see that the focus of apithagogy is precisely ‘for the young’. It is a holding by those with the capacity to care for those who will arrive subsequently, who will be different in their enactive capacity, scope for intimacy and spans of conceivability. The question reveals: "What we are unable to do, we are able to enable." In apithagogy, this understanding beyond the familiar is known as the 'prospective preparatory'.

The premise of generative learning is not a question of the allocation of responsibility between generations. Instead, this is learning how to ask questions that expand a humanity ethicality across generations (and species). Surprisingly, the persons to do that are you, and the time to learn how, has always been now.

Apitholo ~The Centre For Humanity Learning

"Pathways for the Humanity Contributive"

“If you hold some of apithology’s questions, you may as well ask for all of its answers.” - willvarey

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