(article ) What is Education?

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Education needs a Copernican Revolution

Chapter 6: The need for a Copernican revolution in educational thinking

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Part 2: Taking Respect Seriously Chapter 6: The need for a Copernican Revolution in educational thinking   We need a Copernican Revolution in our educational thinking if “education” is ever to be worthy of the name. We are obsessed with schooling. Education and schooling are spoken of interchangeably, despite the fact that everyone knows that […]

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Part 2: Taking Respect Seriously Chapter 6: The need for a Copernican Revolution in educational thinking   We need a Copernican Revolution in our educational thinking if “education” is ever to be worthy of the name. We are obsessed with schooling. Education and schooling are spoken of interchangeably, despite the fact that everyone knows that

Chapter 7: “Its all too big!”

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Chapter 7: “It’s all too big!”   Faced with the big picture of education, many people experience overwhelm. It is all too big! But that is what climbing out of a box involves. Abandoning comfort. We can only enjoy that comfort by hiding from the serious disrespect that restricting education to schooling enables; the Wild

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Chapter 7: “It’s all too big!”   Faced with the big picture of education, many people experience overwhelm. It is all too big! But that is what climbing out of a box involves. Abandoning comfort. We can only enjoy that comfort by hiding from the serious disrespect that restricting education to schooling enables; the Wild

Chapter 8: The proper educational motivation

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Chapter 8: The Proper Educational Motivation   Conventional (factory) schooling converts natural interest and passion into common extrinsic reward and fear, stifling true educational motivation. Educational motivation only connects accidentally. This prepares students to move into the workforce; for the second-hand reward of money, and personal satisfaction is a bonus – or faked. Or at

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Chapter 8: The Proper Educational Motivation   Conventional (factory) schooling converts natural interest and passion into common extrinsic reward and fear, stifling true educational motivation. Educational motivation only connects accidentally. This prepares students to move into the workforce; for the second-hand reward of money, and personal satisfaction is a bonus – or faked. Or at

The Toyota System for education

Chapter 9: The “Toyota System” in education

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Chapter 9: The “Toyota System” in education   Ever wondered, after cramming for that test, how much you would recall in a year’s time? “Use it or lose it”. John Holt made the point, long ago, that you should learn what you need to learn when you need to learn it. This is illustrated well

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Chapter 9: The “Toyota System” in education   Ever wondered, after cramming for that test, how much you would recall in a year’s time? “Use it or lose it”. John Holt made the point, long ago, that you should learn what you need to learn when you need to learn it. This is illustrated well

Chapter 10: Slavery and education

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Chapter 10 Slavery and Education   How does our schooling differ from schooling for slavery? What would we reserve for free people? This is the bar between education and mere vocationalism. The Romans prepared house slaves – teachers, accountants, secretaries, doctors included. They schooled them. How is our schooling better than schooling for house slaves

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Chapter 10 Slavery and Education   How does our schooling differ from schooling for slavery? What would we reserve for free people? This is the bar between education and mere vocationalism. The Romans prepared house slaves – teachers, accountants, secretaries, doctors included. They schooled them. How is our schooling better than schooling for house slaves