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Publication Date: 2011
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Stuck in the Groove: A Critique of Compulsory Schooling
Hansen, Ron
Education Canada, v51 n3 Sum 2011
Learning in formal schools violates several simple principles: that no one can learn on an empty spirit; that true learning requires an absence of fear or authority; that learning is the most natural of human instincts. By making schooling compulsory, we have abandoned trust in our individual and collective experience in favour of experts and institutions. Compulsory schooling assumes that assimilation into society via academic achievement is a right and a necessity for all citizens, predicated on the notion that matters of the mind are superior to matters of the body and spirit. Recent research, however, suggests the "academic-diet-for-everyone" assumption is flawed. (Contains 11 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Expertise, Compulsory Education, Educational Philosophy, Teaching Methods, Educational Methods, Self Esteem, Individual Development, Curriculum, Knowledge Level
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