This was true long before evolutionary theory came into being, but given that theory, the idea that
human subjects emerged out of a world composed purely of objects seems absurd.
Emerging themes in the evolving ethical conduct of research with
humans include a major increase in the participation of research
subjects, and the lay public, in the research and oversight worlds.
Hyper - individualization does precisely what the
emerging body of research says it does and more: it isolates children, it breeds competition, it assumes that children can learn entirely on their own, and it dehumanizes the learning environment, reducing the
human experience of learning down to a mechanistic process, one where children become the objects of learning as opposed to the
subjects of their own educational narrative.»