W Kenneth Richmond

The Free School

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1973, The Free School explores the roots of the educational malaise- sociological, historical, and psychological- and looks at what could be done and what is being done to free education from its rigid and hierarchical nineteenth-century organization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9781032202808
• ISBN-10: 1032202807
• Artikelnr.: 71545463

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Part I: A time to recant 1. The absolute paradox 2. A
plethora of educationists 3. End of an illusion Part II: What's wrong with
schooling anyway? 1. Schooling conditions everyone to the acceptance of
schooling as necessary 2. Schooling is an impersonal process 3. Schooling
is lacking in opportunities for worthwhile activity 4. Schooling distorts
values 5. Schooling makes nonsense of the concept of equality of
opportunity 6. Schooling discourages independent learning 7. Schooling
provides an inferior learning environment 8. Schooling is geared to the
covert objectives of a technocratic society 9. Schooling creates an
artificial demand for more schooling 10. Schooling splits societies into
factions 11. Schooling stands in the way of liberal education so long as it
remains compulsory Part III: The changing school 1. The objectives of
schooling 2. The extent of schooling 3. The structure of schools (from
monastic cell to department store) Part IV: Deschooling in action 1. The
open school 2. Degrees of freedom: time of one's own 3. A place of one's
own 4. Day release into life release Appendixes Index