Worldview metaphors, and the term “worldview” itself, usually imply that the problem is one of vision. If we can just see everything properly, we will be fine. Education becomes the process of clearing the fog, cleaning the window, or selecting the correct glasses; we can fix our worldview by fixing our perspective. There is some truth to this idea, but it is deceptively simple to suggest (a) that we might grasp reality, or view the “world,” comprehensively and (b) that the problem is one of our “view” of things. These two implications of the optical imagery of worldview should be set aside.
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Simon Kennedy
Simon Kennedy is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. He also teaches at Queensland Theological College and the Lachlan Macquarie Institute.
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