ERIC Number: EJ531375
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Mudsill Theory, the Lancaster Amish and Jaime Escalante.
Gatto, John Taylor
SKOLE: The Journal of Alternative Education, v13 n3 p15-28 Sum 1996
Traces current educational philosophy and practices to 19th-century philosophers who proposed the "mudsill theory," the notion that ordinary children could not be intellectually successful and must be coerced and prepared for work by compulsory schooling. Points to the success of relatively underschooled self-sufficient Lancaster Amish and street vendors. (LP)
Descriptors: Anti Intellectualism, Compulsory Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Elitism, Entrepreneurship, Hidden Curriculum, Public Policy, Public Schools, Role of Education, Social Values, United States History
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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