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Author:   W. Kenneth Richmond
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9781032202808

ISBN 10:   1032202807
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   09 October 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Acknowledgements Part I: A time to recant 1. The absolute paradox 2. A plethora of educationists 3. End of an illusion Part II: What’s wrong with schooling anyway? 1. Schooling conditions everyone to the acceptance of schooling as necessary 2. Schooling is an impersonal process 3. Schooling is lacking in opportunities for worthwhile activity 4. Schooling distorts values 5. Schooling makes nonsense of the concept of equality of opportunity 6. Schooling discourages independent learning 7. Schooling provides an inferior learning environment 8. Schooling is geared to the covert objectives of a technocratic society 9. Schooling creates an artificial demand for more schooling 10. Schooling splits societies into factions 11. Schooling stands in the way of liberal education so long as it remains compulsory Part III: The changing school 1. The objectives of schooling 2. The extent of schooling 3. The structure of schools (from monastic cell to department store) Part IV: Deschooling in action 1. The open school 2. Degrees of freedom: time of one’s own 3. A place of one’s own 4. Day release into life release Appendixes Index

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