A Primer of Libertarian Education
by Joel Spring
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Author: Joel SpringEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-01-01
ISBN: 155164116X
Number of pages: 157
Publisher: Black Rose Books
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Joel Spring states the incontrovertible in A Primer of Libertarian Education: "schools came into being as means of shaping the moral and social beliefs of the population for the benefit of the dominant elite" (p. 10).
How, then, if at all, can we educate others without instantiating moral and social beliefs that benefit the dominate elite? What aims would such a radical educational approach possess? Would it free the individual from the internalization of authority from without and facilitate ownership of the self? Would it raise consciousness about the historical conditions that determine everyday existence? Would it involve any form of sexual liberation? What challenges, if any, would such radical educational approaches make to the nuclear family and the concept of childhood itself?
Spring examines these and other questions as he examines the pedagogies of leftists like Godwin, Ferrer, Illich, Rousseau, Stirner, Tolstoy, Neill, Goodman, Marx, Freire, Reich, Aries, and Bettelheim. Readers will also find excellent discussions about the free school movement, Summerhill, and the educational practices of the Kibbutz.
If you are interested in radical approaches to education, this book is a must read.
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