Compulsory Miseducation: how far has Paul Goodman's 1962 book affected education around the world?. (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gribble, David
• Is Part Of: Self and society. Volume 44:Number 4(2016)
• Page Start: 322
• Page End: 326
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: primary education -- secondary education -- mis-education -- testing -- curricula -- democracy in schools -- work experience -- Activity-Based Learning (ABL); Human potential movement -- Periodicals; Humanistic psychology -- Periodicals; Self-realization (Psychology) -- Periodicals; Human potential movement; Humanistic psychology; Periodicals; 150.198605
• DOI: 10.1080/03060497.2016.1249122
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-0497

Abstract

Abstract : After more than 50 years, Paul Goodman's Compulsory Miseducation (1962) has not lost its relevance. Many of his targets – testing, compulsory and/or uniform curricula, over-mighty administrators, an excessive emphasis on classroom-based learning – are still with us, notably here in the UK, notwithstanding several changes of government. However, there are places that Goodman would probably have approved of, such as Moo Baan Dek children's village in Thailand, and Room 13 at Caol Primary School in Scotland.