Submitted by Chuck Fellows (not verified) on November 29, 2006 - 22:07.
Why do we assume that older humans must provide a rigid structures to younger humans?
Why?
Just a question to jolt your thinking. Before we dismiss the child's participation in the development of a future we must reflect on the assumptions supporting our positions.
It appears that every time Alfie Kohn does this he ends up discovering that most of what we believe about educational processes is based on myth! We believe in our current practice to quell our personal fears, not to promote the natural ability to learn.
Free schools might be the catalyst needed to open our minds.
I attend free school and have ever since I graduated college forty years ago. To paraphrase Paul Simon, 'Still learnin' after all these years!'
Why do we assume that older
Submitted by Chuck Fellows (not verified) on November 29, 2006 - 22:07.
Why do we assume that older humans must provide a rigid structures to younger humans?
Why?
Just a question to jolt your thinking. Before we dismiss the child's participation in the development of a future we must reflect on the assumptions supporting our positions.
It appears that every time Alfie Kohn does this he ends up discovering that most of what we believe about educational processes is based on myth! We believe in our current practice to quell our personal fears, not to promote the natural ability to learn.
Free schools might be the catalyst needed to open our minds.
I attend free school and have ever since I graduated college forty years ago. To paraphrase Paul Simon, 'Still learnin' after all these years!'