Everywhere all the time : a new deschooling reader / edited by Matt Hern.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hern, Matt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Aims and objectives.

Education.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

v, 269 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : AK Press, [2008]

Summary:

Debates about education often revolve around standardized testing, taxes and funding, teacher certification-everything except how to best help kids develop learning skills. Everywhere All the Time presents an array of historical and contemporary alternatives to traditional schooling, demonstrating that children's capacity to learn decreases as soon as they enter bureaucratic, institutional facilities.

Trends indicate an increasing skepticism toward current public and private school models. They fail to offer kids the skills they need to be healthy, self-directed life-learners. They stifle creativity, and encourage conformity of thought. They utilize draconian disciplinary measures and a one-size-fits-all approach to learning. Government control of, and corporate intrusion into education has been a further disaster for communities concerned with the welfare of their youngsters. Alternatively, the "deschooling" project offers self-directed learning strategies for children, encourages community-building and participation from parents in the learning process, builds critical thinking for active engagement and democratic self-governance, and alleviates the negative psychological effects of traditional schooling methods.

Contents:

On Education / Leo Tolstoy 1

Intimate and Ultimate / Vinoba Bhave 7

Deschooling Society / Ivan Illich 13

Instead of Education / John Holt 17

Unschooled Kids' Comments I / Various 21

The Parrot's Tale / Rabindranath Tagore 31

Francisco Ferrer and the Modern School / Emma Goldman 35

Sweet Land of Liberty / Grace Llewellyn 49

The Public School Nightmare / John Taylor Gatto 53

Learning? Yes, of course / Aaron Falbel 61

Unschooled Kids' Comments II / Various 66

From Untouchables to Conscientious Objectors / Dan Grego 73

Challenging the Popular Wisdom / Gus Lyn-Piluso, Geraldine Lyn-Piluso 82

From a Pedagogy of Liberation to Liberation from Pedagogy / Gustavo Esteva, Madhu Prakash, Dana Stuchul 91

Getting Busy / Matt Hern 115

Summerhill School / Zoe Readhead 120

A History of the Albany Free School / Chris Mercogliano 125

Unschooled Kids' Comments III / Various 131

Liberating Education / Satish Kumar 136

Democratic Education in Israel / Chris Balme, Dana Bennis 139

Claiming Our Humanity / Rene Antrop-Gonzalez 149

A School for Today / Mimsy Sadofsky 159

Windsor House / Jim Carrico, Meghan Carrico 165

Building an Alternative Education Movement in Turkey / Eylem Korkmaz, Bulent Akdag 171

The Purple Thistle Centre / Devon McKellar 185

A Face Without a Name / Saowanee Sangkara, Jim Connor 192

Shikshantar: An Organic Learning Community / Shilpa Jain 202

Rebuilding Learning Communities in Mali / Coumba Toure 214

Doing Something Very Different / Susannah Sheffer 231

Unschooled Kids' Comments IV / Various 239

Play, Practice, and the Deschooling of Music / Mark Douglas 243

Homeschooling as a Single Parent / Heather Knox 247

The Root of Education / Pat Farenga 252

Lunch at the Westin / Dick Westheimer 256

Valedictory Address / Ben Kelly 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781904859833

1904859836

OCLC:

216936903