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| Autor/in | Goodman, Paul |
|---|---|
| Titel | The Universal Trap. |
| Quelle | (1966), (9 Seiten)
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| Beigaben | Tabellen |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Democratic Values; Dropouts; Economically Disadvantaged; Educational Change; Educational Objectives; Educational Philosophy; Educational Problems; Educational Quality; Educational Responsibility; Equal Education; Power Structure; Public Education; School Business Relationship; School Role; Social Values |
| Abstract | The compulsory system of education is criticized on the grounds that it has become a regimented "universal trap" antithetical to democracy. In contrast to the Jeffersonian concept of education in the service of citizen initiative for the preservation of freedom, current compulsory education is a tool of industrialism and of a rigidly stratified society. The schools do not even reflect middle-class values. Their significant strengths are, in fact, petty-bourgeois. When poor youth are confined in a situation which is useless and damaging to them, they drop out, either actually or behaviorally, a response which could be termed life-preservative. The sterility of traditional education and the conformity it demands are also questioned. Possible alternatives are having no school at all for a few selected classes, conducting school work in the community rather than in the school building, using community adults as "teachers," and establishing a policy of voluntary attendance. Other suggestions include decentralizing the urban school into small units, using store-fronts as classrooms, and sending urban children to farms for a few months, thus helping perhaps to stimulate a new kind of rural life. (NH) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2004/1/01 |
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