| Description |
vi, 207 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"A Halsted Press book." |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 203-204. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-88): Social contract ; Educational provision: infancy and childhood ; Educational provision: adolescence ; Medicine, punishment and child-centred education -- ch. 3. A critical look at certain themes in Rousseau: Freedom ; Nature ; Useful knowledge ; Learning ; Moral education ; Chicken and egg -- ch. 4. A.S. Neill (1883-1973): Educational theory ; Neill, Rousseau and happiness ; Summerhill ; Education, self-regulation and punishment ; Psychology ; Innate characteristics: moral and mental ; Freedom ; Interest -- ch. 5. Paul Goodman (1911-73): Social criticism (Growing up absurd) ; Educational criticism (Compulsory miseducation) ; Mini-schools and apprenticeships ; Slips and fallacies ; Three crucial issues: Learning ; Examination and assessment ; Chicken, egg and choice -- ch. 6. Everett Reimer (b. 1922) and Ivan Illich (b. 1926): Illich, Reimer and Goodman ; Three objects to schooling: Multi-dimensional objection ; Graded curriculum objection ; Hidden curriculum objection ; Alternative strategy: networks and webs ; Vouchers -- ch. 7. Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner: Aim ; Means ; What's worth knowing? ; Knowledge and the perceiver -- ch. 8. Last words. |
| Subject |
Educational innovations.
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Educational innovations. |
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Free schools.
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Free schools. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Barrow, Robin. Radical education. New York : Wiley, 1978 (OCoLC)557983642 |
| ISBN |
0470263296 |
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9780470263297 |
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