[MD] Education

[MarshaV]

John,

I looked again and this time found the C-SPAN talk.  Oriinally I only 
heard the last twenty minutes, but I thought it quite important.  If 
you get a chance you might enjoy watching it.

http://www.booktv.org/watch.aspx?ProgramId=FV-10280


Marsha




At 01:08 AM 6/15/2009, you wrote:
>"Open Source Learning"   I like that.
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>Here is a demonstration that the harm school inflicts is quite rational and
>deliberate, following high-level political theories constructed by Plato,
>Calvin, Spinoza, Fichte, Darwin, Wundt, and others, which contend the term
>"education" is meaningless because humanity is strictly limited by
>necessities of biology, psychology, and theology. The real function of
>pedagogy is to render the common population manageable.
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>Realizing that goal demands that the young be conditioned to rely upon
>experts, remain divided from natural alliances, and accept disconnections
>from the experiences that create self-reliance and independence.
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>Escaping this trap requires a different way of growing up, one Gatto calls
>"open source learning." In chapters such as "A Letter to Kristina, my
>Granddaughter"; "Fat Stanley"; and "Walkabout:London," this different
>reality is illustrated.
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>On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 4:11 AM, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
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> > Just heard (c-span xm-radio) this author describe the thesis of his book.
> >  Very interesting...
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> http://www.amazon.com/Weapons-Mass-Instruction-Schoolteachers-Compulsory/dp/0865716315/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244977310&sr=1-1
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