Evolving the future of education: Problems in enabling broad social reforms. Issue 4 (27th August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gray, Peter
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 37:Issue 4(2014)
• Page Start: 424
• Page End: 425
• Publication Date: 2014-08-27
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X13003166
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>The apparent success of the Sudbury Valley School, coupled with its lack of impact on the larger culture, is used here to illustrate general constraints on managed change at the large-population level. Government regulations preventing innovation, the difficulty of bucking social norms, and the inadequacy of current indices of success operate against beneficial educational change in the larger culture.</p> </abstract>