In the opening of his Desiring the Kingdom, James K.A. Smith draws an interesting contrast between what results when education is viewed as principally informative or principally formative.
The publisher has made the book's introduction available for download; focus on what begins at the bottom of page 27 through about page 31 (that's page 17-21 of the PDF) if you don't have time to read the whole thing.
Since posting the suggestion above, I've been reminded of two other readings that run along some similar lines, without being specifically Christian:
I am fairly sure that Talbott had Postman's speech in mind. - Cary Gray