The free school. (2022)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The free school. (2022)
- Main Title:
- The free school
- Further Information:
- Note: W. Kenneth Richmond.
- Authors:
- Richmond, W. Kenneth (William Kenneth), 1910-1990
- Contents:
- 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
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2022
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 370
Education -- Aims and objectives
Free schools
Educational innovations - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000544831
9781000544824
9781003262992 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781032202785
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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