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What is the purpose of education? My parents used to talk about the Three Rs: Reading, Writing and ‘rithmetic’. Now I am a parent I would be most annoyed if I felt my children were not being taught these things while they are at school. If I were an employer I would be disappointed if the only staff available to me were illiterate.
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Reaburn, R. (2016). What is the Purpose of Education?. In: Fan, S., Fielding-Wells, J. (eds) What is Next in Educational Research?. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-524-1_24
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