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Maxwell, Nicholas – London Review of Education, 2007
At present the basic intellectual aim of academic inquiry is to improve knowledge. Much of the structure, the whole character, of academic inquiry, in universities all over the world, is shaped by the adoption of this as the basic intellectual aim. But, judged from the standpoint of making a contribution to human welfare, academic inquiry of this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Role of Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles