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Stephen Downes

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This article offers a useful summary of some of Amartya Sen's thinking as it relates to education and then uses this in combination with more traditional educational theory to chart a path leading not only to achievement but also to individual freedom. It is in this latter point Sen's voice weighs in: "As a response to approaches to human development that focus exclusively on resources, utility, desire satisfaction and aggregated markers of advantage, Amartya Sen has consistently argued that freedom and a person's own values play a key role in assessing quality of life." Good article, well argued.

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