LETTER: Duke of Edinburgh’s legacy for SA education
The late duke learnt that exposure to different skills encourages curiosity and can allow the youth to transform data into meaningful information
The Duke of Edinburgh came from a broken home. Still a baby, he narrowly escaped a Greek lynch mob in an orange box. Born a prince, he was penniless as a youngster and could easily have become a Nazi. That he went on to live a long and active life as a mainstay of the British monarchy can be attributed in part to Kurt Hahn.
Dr Hahn was an educationalist who established Gordonstoun school after escaping from Germany in the 1930s. He understood that classroom learning was not in itself sufficient to realise a young person’s potential. Removing comfort zones through adventures and exposure to different skills encouraged curiosity and an anxiety, which, if correctly managed, allowed the youth to transform data into meaningful information...
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