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Alternatif Eğitim Hayatımızın Okulsuzlaştırılması
Çocuklar, yaklaşık 190 yıl önce Prusya’da, ulusu inşa edecek kurbanlar olarak seçildiler ve okullara kapatıldılar. Prusya’dan tüm dünyaya yayılan “zorunlu eğitim”in hapishaneleri milyarlarca insani benzer süreçlerden geçirerek ıslah etti ve etmeye devam ediyor. Bir özgürleşme eylemi olması gereken eğitim, düşüncelerimizi ders kitaplarına ve birilerinin direktiflerine, bedenlerimizi sınıfların, okulların içine, sıraların arkasına hapsederek, sistemin talimatlarına göre yasayan ve düşünen insanlar yarattı. Okullar öylesine benimsendiler, asil işlevleri öylesine ört bas edildi ki, tüm aileler çocuklarının bu hapishanelerin gönüllü tutukluları olmaları için her yolu dener oldular. Ailelerin isteksiz olduğu durumlarda ise devlet üstüne düseni yaptı.
Bu kitap, 190 yılını geride bırakan zorunlu kitle eğitimine karsı alternatifler yaratmanın çabasında olan kişilerin deneyim ve düşüncelerinden oluşmuştur. Her bir makale, eğitimin yeniden bir özgürleşme eylemine dönüşmesi için neler yapılabileceğine ve zorunlu kitle eğitimine neden karsı çıkılması gerektiğine dair önemli ipuçları sunarken, aile, otorite, devlet, eğitim, öğrenme, öğretmen, okul kavramlarını da farklı bir boyutta tartışmaya açıyor…
…
“….Unutmamalıyız ki çocuk yetiştirme tarzımız her şeyden önce politik bir faaliyettir…”
İÇERİK
BÖLÜM 1
Eğitim üzerine- Leo Tolstoy
Özsel olan ve ima edilen- Vinoba Bhave
Toplumu Okulsuzlaştırmak- Ivan Illich
Eğitim yerine!- John Holt
Papağanın masalı- Rabindranath Tagore
BOLÜM 2- YAKIN DÖNEM ANALİZLERİ
Özgürlüğün güzel ülkesi- Grace Llewellyn
Devlet eğitimi denen kâbus- John Taylor Gatto
Bir gözünü yitirmek: güvenliğin gerçek anlamı üzerine düşünceler- Matt Hern
Genel kanıya meydan okumak: aileler ne yapabilir?
Öğrenme? Tabii… Eğitim? Yok, hayır kalsın…- Aaron Falbel
“Dokunulmaz”lıktan bilinçli redde- Daniel Grego
Organik bir bilgi toplumunda ortak çalışma: öğrenen şehir Udaipur
BÖLÜM 3- ALTERNATİF OKUL ÖRNEKLERİ
Summerhill okulu- Zoe Readhead
Albany’den bir öykü: toplum ve özgür eğitim- Chris Mercogliano
Bugün için bir okul- Mimsy Sadofsky
Eğitimi özgürleştirmek- Satish kumar
Windsor House- Meghan Hughes ve Jim Carrico
İsrail’de demokratik eğitim- Chris Balme ve Dana Bennis
Canavarın karnındaki insanlığımızı alternatif eğitimle geri almak- Rene Antrop-Gonzalez
BÖLÜM 4- SADECE HAYIR DE!
Dinozorla ev eğitimi- Donna Nichols- White
Çok farklı bir şey yapmak: okula gitmeden büyümek- Susannah Sheffer
Oyun, pratik ve müziğin okulsuzlaştırılması üzerine düşünmek- Mark Douglas
Bekâr bir anne olarak evde eğitim vermek- Heather Knox
Eğitimin temelleri- Patrick Farenga.
Bu kitap, 190 yılını geride bırakan zorunlu kitle eğitimine karsı alternatifler yaratmanın çabasında olan kişilerin deneyim ve düşüncelerinden oluşmuştur. Her bir makale, eğitimin yeniden bir özgürleşme eylemine dönüşmesi için neler yapılabileceğine ve zorunlu kitle eğitimine neden karsı çıkılması gerektiğine dair önemli ipuçları sunarken, aile, otorite, devlet, eğitim, öğrenme, öğretmen, okul kavramlarını da farklı bir boyutta tartışmaya açıyor…
…
“….Unutmamalıyız ki çocuk yetiştirme tarzımız her şeyden önce politik bir faaliyettir…”
İÇERİK
BÖLÜM 1
Eğitim üzerine- Leo Tolstoy
Özsel olan ve ima edilen- Vinoba Bhave
Toplumu Okulsuzlaştırmak- Ivan Illich
Eğitim yerine!- John Holt
Papağanın masalı- Rabindranath Tagore
BOLÜM 2- YAKIN DÖNEM ANALİZLERİ
Özgürlüğün güzel ülkesi- Grace Llewellyn
Devlet eğitimi denen kâbus- John Taylor Gatto
Bir gözünü yitirmek: güvenliğin gerçek anlamı üzerine düşünceler- Matt Hern
Genel kanıya meydan okumak: aileler ne yapabilir?
Öğrenme? Tabii… Eğitim? Yok, hayır kalsın…- Aaron Falbel
“Dokunulmaz”lıktan bilinçli redde- Daniel Grego
Organik bir bilgi toplumunda ortak çalışma: öğrenen şehir Udaipur
BÖLÜM 3- ALTERNATİF OKUL ÖRNEKLERİ
Summerhill okulu- Zoe Readhead
Albany’den bir öykü: toplum ve özgür eğitim- Chris Mercogliano
Bugün için bir okul- Mimsy Sadofsky
Eğitimi özgürleştirmek- Satish kumar
Windsor House- Meghan Hughes ve Jim Carrico
İsrail’de demokratik eğitim- Chris Balme ve Dana Bennis
Canavarın karnındaki insanlığımızı alternatif eğitimle geri almak- Rene Antrop-Gonzalez
BÖLÜM 4- SADECE HAYIR DE!
Dinozorla ev eğitimi- Donna Nichols- White
Çok farklı bir şey yapmak: okula gitmeden büyümek- Susannah Sheffer
Oyun, pratik ve müziğin okulsuzlaştırılması üzerine düşünmek- Mark Douglas
Bekâr bir anne olarak evde eğitim vermek- Heather Knox
Eğitimin temelleri- Patrick Farenga.
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March 19, 2009
A decent group of essays describing why school sucks and how you can get a life of learning back.
Although, it is worth noting that notable authors in the book have since abandoned any hope of school reform altogether, one in particular became pointedly hostile toward the concept of any school.
That is to say, this is not a concrete manual, but an assemblage of ideas about education/learning.
Although, it is worth noting that notable authors in the book have since abandoned any hope of school reform altogether, one in particular became pointedly hostile toward the concept of any school.
That is to say, this is not a concrete manual, but an assemblage of ideas about education/learning.
June 29, 2019
8/10
🏠 Anyone can homeschool: single parents, low income or welfare recipients, rural or city-dwellers. They say the joy of learning with your children is worth the struggle, and far outweighs the challenges.
🏡 Leo Tolstoy (author of War and Peace) ran a school called Yasnaya Polyana on his estate. He wrote about how instruction and teaching are the means of culture, when they are free, and means of education, when the teaching is forced upon the pupil (regarded as necessary by the educator). The only difference is compulsion, which education deems itself in the right to exert.
🏚Other unconventional schools include Sudbury Valley School, Windsor House (Vancouver), Summerhill (England), The Albany Free School (New York), and Schumacher College
🏠 Homeschooling/unschooling is a political act
🏡 Ivan Illich says monopoly and institutionalization of values (such as health turned hospital, learning turned school) leads inevitably to physical pollution, social polarization, and psychological impotence
🏚 Holt reiterated his belief we are unlikely to learn from experiences which do not seem closely connected with what is currently interesting and important in the rest of our lives
🏠 Vice President of IBM said 45 million people were comfortable with computers who learned through non-systematic strategies, what if school had pre-emoted the right to teach computer use? We would be in a horrible mess right now.
🏡 John Taylor Gatto explains how our school system was adopted from Prussia, who began mandatory schooling in 1819 to train citizens to be obedient soldiers and civil servants
🏚 Kindergarten was invented in 19th century Germany by Friedrich Froebel, to break the influence of mothers on their children. Note the growth of daycare and urges to extend the school system downward to include 4 year olds (preschool)
🏠 Failure in schools only means they will be given more money
🏠 Anyone can homeschool: single parents, low income or welfare recipients, rural or city-dwellers. They say the joy of learning with your children is worth the struggle, and far outweighs the challenges.
🏡 Leo Tolstoy (author of War and Peace) ran a school called Yasnaya Polyana on his estate. He wrote about how instruction and teaching are the means of culture, when they are free, and means of education, when the teaching is forced upon the pupil (regarded as necessary by the educator). The only difference is compulsion, which education deems itself in the right to exert.
🏚Other unconventional schools include Sudbury Valley School, Windsor House (Vancouver), Summerhill (England), The Albany Free School (New York), and Schumacher College
🏠 Homeschooling/unschooling is a political act
🏡 Ivan Illich says monopoly and institutionalization of values (such as health turned hospital, learning turned school) leads inevitably to physical pollution, social polarization, and psychological impotence
🏚 Holt reiterated his belief we are unlikely to learn from experiences which do not seem closely connected with what is currently interesting and important in the rest of our lives
🏠 Vice President of IBM said 45 million people were comfortable with computers who learned through non-systematic strategies, what if school had pre-emoted the right to teach computer use? We would be in a horrible mess right now.
🏡 John Taylor Gatto explains how our school system was adopted from Prussia, who began mandatory schooling in 1819 to train citizens to be obedient soldiers and civil servants
🏚 Kindergarten was invented in 19th century Germany by Friedrich Froebel, to break the influence of mothers on their children. Note the growth of daycare and urges to extend the school system downward to include 4 year olds (preschool)
🏠 Failure in schools only means they will be given more money
April 22, 2014
This book came into my life unexpectedly at a most opportune time. I cant even count how many inspiring reading sessions i shared with this book. The chapters are broken up into extremely manageable excerpts of 3-5 pages, each one packing punches in the face of our conventional wisdom about what schools should be. Over and over, i was reminded of my own academic struggles and disinterest as well as the times when i learned the most, willingly, usually on my own or with "teachers" of my choosing. yes, schooling is overwhelmingly about control.
The young people who have rebelled, have brought us some of the most vibrant trends and traditions in our culture. I kept thinking back to a book, "cant stop, wont stop", that i read last month. It highlighted the indomitable spirit of youth in the Bronx, in the context of massive and wholesale disinvestment. In the midst of urban decay, ablaze all around them, they formed tribal gangs for survival and then a street art culture that has spread across the globe. They did NOT learn that shit in school. True expression and survival is often found outside of school walls.
This book is absolutely necessary reading, that quickly verbalizes the subconscious misgivings we all probably feel about institutionalized education.
btw. I'm 12 books in to my "52 book challenge" and I am on a natural high from the constant waves of inspiration. This has already been a profoundly reflective and energizing experience and a perfect example of self-guided learning.
The young people who have rebelled, have brought us some of the most vibrant trends and traditions in our culture. I kept thinking back to a book, "cant stop, wont stop", that i read last month. It highlighted the indomitable spirit of youth in the Bronx, in the context of massive and wholesale disinvestment. In the midst of urban decay, ablaze all around them, they formed tribal gangs for survival and then a street art culture that has spread across the globe. They did NOT learn that shit in school. True expression and survival is often found outside of school walls.
This book is absolutely necessary reading, that quickly verbalizes the subconscious misgivings we all probably feel about institutionalized education.
btw. I'm 12 books in to my "52 book challenge" and I am on a natural high from the constant waves of inspiration. This has already been a profoundly reflective and energizing experience and a perfect example of self-guided learning.
July 25, 2007
For those interested in learning the difference between home schooling and de schooling - this books is about de schooling. It is a very pro deschooling book and is made up of a variety of essays from a variety of individuals (including Gatto and Illich) -
A great book to introduce the concept of de schooling. Easy to read because of how book is divided.
Edited by a graduate of Goddard and some essays are from Goddard faculity.
A great book to introduce the concept of de schooling. Easy to read because of how book is divided.
Edited by a graduate of Goddard and some essays are from Goddard faculity.
June 13, 2008
good overview of the Deschooling approach by some of its top advocates
February 25, 2009
This is a book that is changing my life already. I've always been disenchanted with schools, in a vague way, and this collection of essays has clarified my reasons and given me sight of a new way.
March 30, 2011
Such an excellent and important book. A wonderful starting point for education reform reading, self-directed learning, and an introduction to many unschooling and natural ed philosophies.
June 16, 2011
I liked some essays better than others. I liked reading a new perspective on learning.
January 22, 2015
Rather than a cohesive narrative, this is a series of essays on the ideas of de-schooling. Interesting pieces, but not what I expected.
August 7, 2014
I enjoyed some of the articles more than others.
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