Education Without Schools

Author : Lees, Helen E.
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781447323457

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At a time when education and school choices are under increasing scrutiny, this topical book considers education more broadly than ever before. The author, an experienced teacher and researcher, highlights what happens when parents discover that an alternative to school education exists and is legal. This under-researched topic highlights the lack of governmental interest in alternative education and also considers the human rights issues, conflation with safeguarding, the relationship of the state to education and parental education choice. Focusing on the discovery of elective home education (EHE) in England as a case study for new and necessary arguments, the ideas discussed are also relevant internationally. The book considers the global fact of education as not just mainstream schooling, but how the dominance of schooling has affected our ability to conceive of education as diverse and different. This thought-provoking book will appeal to academic, teaching and policy-making audiences.

Author : Frank S. Kelly,Ted D. E. McCain,Ian Jukes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Education
ISBN : 1945349913

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Learning Without Classrooms by Frank S. Kelly,Ted D. E. McCain,Ian Jukes Pdf

Author : Ivan Illich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:869308700

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Education Without Schools by Ivan Illich Pdf

Author : Helen E. Lees
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781447306412

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Education without schools by Helen E. Lees Pdf

Education without Schools explores what happens when parents learn that there are legal alternatives to conventional schooling. Based on an empirical case study of families in England who discovered the possibility of elective home education, this book offers a globally relevant analysis of the state's relationship to education, parental choice, and related human rights issues. Underscoring the fact that education occurs in many different contexts around the world, Helen E. Lees argues that schooling's dominance has ultimately limited our ability to imagine the full range of educational possibilities.

Author : Peter Buckman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Education
ISBN : 0285647210

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Education Without Schools by Peter Buckman Pdf

Author : Alfie Kohn
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 0618083456

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The Schools Our Children Deserve by Alfie Kohn Pdf

Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Reprint.

Author : Judy Arnall
Publisher : Professional Parenting
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781775178606

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Unschooling To University by Judy Arnall Pdf

Learn how to acquire a personalized education through self-directed learning, and meet post-secondary entrance requirements.

Author : Ashley Rogers Berner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137502247

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Pluralism and American Public Education by Ashley Rogers Berner Pdf

This book argues that the structure of public education is a key factor in the failure of America's public education system to fulfill the intellectual, civic, and moral aims for which it was created. The book challenges the philosophical basis for the traditional common school model and defends the educational pluralism that most liberal democracies enjoy. Berner provides a unique theoretical pathway that is neither libertarian nor state-focused and a pragmatic pathway that avoids the winner-takes-all approach of many contemporary debates about education. For the first time in nearly one hundred fifty years, changing the underlying structure of America’s public education system is both plausible and possible, and this book attempts to set out why and how.

Author : Seymour A Papert
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781541675100

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Mindstorms by Seymour A Papert Pdf

In this revolutionary book, a renowned computer scientist explains the importance of teaching children the basics of computing and how it can prepare them to succeed in the ever-evolving tech world. Computers have completely changed the way we teach children. We have Mindstorms to thank for that. In this book, pioneering computer scientist Seymour Papert uses the invention of LOGO, the first child-friendly programming language, to make the case for the value of teaching children with computers. Papert argues that children are more than capable of mastering computers, and that teaching computational processes like de-bugging in the classroom can change the way we learn everything else. He also shows that schools saturated with technology can actually improve socialization and interaction among students and between students and teachers. Technology changes every day, but the basic ways that computers can help us learn remain. For thousands of teachers and parents who have sought creative ways to help children learn with computers, Mindstorms is their bible.

Author : Helen Elizabeth Lees
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Home schooling
ISBN : 1447323467

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Education Without Schools by Helen Elizabeth Lees Pdf

This topical book focuses on elective home education (EHE) in England and considers how the dominance of schooling has affected our ability to conceive of education as diverse and different. It highlights the lack of government interest in alternative education and also considers the human rights issues, the relationship of the state to education and parental education choice.

Author : Lant Pritchett
Publisher : CGD Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781933286778

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The Rebirth of Education by Lant Pritchett Pdf

Despite great progress around the world in getting more kids into schools, too many leave without even the most basic skills. In India’s rural Andhra Pradesh, for instance, only about one in twenty children in fifth grade can perform basic arithmetic. The problem is that schooling is not the same as learning. In The Rebirth of Education, Lant Pritchett uses two metaphors from nature to explain why. The first draws on Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom’s book about the difference between centralized and decentralized organizations, The Starfish and the Spider. Schools systems tend be centralized and suffer from the limitations inherent in top-down designs. The second metaphor is the concept of isomorphic mimicry. Pritchett argues that many developing countries superficially imitate systems that were successful in other nations— much as a nonpoisonous snake mimics the look of a poisonous one. Pritchett argues that the solution is to allow functional systems to evolve locally out of an environment pressured for success. Such an ecosystem needs to be open to variety and experimentation, locally operated, and flexibly financed. The only main cost is ceding control; the reward would be the rebirth of education suited for today’s world.

Author : Kerry McDonald,Peter Gray
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781641600668

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Unschooled by Kerry McDonald,Peter Gray Pdf

Education has become synonymous with schooling, but it doesn't have to be. As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, occupying more of childhood than ever before, parents and educators are questioning the role of schooling in society. Many are now exploring and creating alternatives. In a compelling narrative that introduces historical and contemporary research on self-directed education, Unschooled also spotlights how a diverse group of individuals and organizations are evolving an old schooling model of education. These innovators challenge the myth that children need to be taught in order to learn. They are parents who saw firsthand how schooling can dull children's natural curiosity and exuberance and others who decided early on to enable their children to learn without school. Educators who left public school classrooms discuss launching self-directed learning centers to allow young people's innate learning instincts to flourish, and entrepreneurs explore their disillusionment with the teach-and-test approach of traditional schooling.

Author : Frank S. Kelly,Ted McCain,Ian Jukes
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452208398

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Teaching the Digital Generation by Frank S. Kelly,Ted McCain,Ian Jukes Pdf

The authors show how traditional industrial-type high schools have failed to meet students' learning needs and explore ten alternative high school models that address 21st-century skills.

Author : Karen Robson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-14
Category : Educational sociology
ISBN : 0132604655

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Sociology of Education in Canada by Karen Robson Pdf

Sociology of Education in Canada utilizes a contemporary theoretical focus to analyze how education in Canada is affected by pre-existing and persistent inequalities among members of society. It presents the historical and cultural factors that have shaped our current education system, examines the larger social trends that have contributed to present problems, discusses the various interest groups involved, and analyzes the larger social discourses that influence any discussion of these issues. To achieve this, Karen Robson uses many current, topical, and relatable issues in Canadian education to ensure that readers fully comprehend the information being presented and leave with an appreciation of how the sociology of education is inextricably linked to issues of stratification.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9264130845

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Equity and Quality in Education Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools by OECD Pdf

Across OECD countries, almost one in every five students does not reach a basic minimum level of skills. This book presents a series of policy recommendations for education systems to help all children succeed.