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| GENERAL VIEWS ON EDUCATION |
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Definition
| Education should focus on the development of the individual rather than the functioning of society as a whole. |
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| KEY THEORIST: DEWEY (1953) |
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Definition
Education should be about enabling people to develop their full potential as human beings (physically, spiritually, emotionally, intellectually)
School should allow pupils to learn by EXPERIENCE not by memorising facts.
(Society should promote tolerance, flexibility and cooperation) |
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| KEY THEORIST: ILLICH (1971) |
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Definition
Wrote "Deschooling Society".
Formal schooling is harmful to society, specific skills should be taught by those who use them. Education shouldn't be about skills but using initiative and pursuing individual talents.
Schools = repressive institutions that indoctrinate, smother creativity and induce conformity.
Wants to: abolish the present system in favour of "skills exchanges" and "learning webs". |
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| CRITICISMS OF THE LIBERAL APPROACH |
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Definition
• Deschooling is difficult to implement and would create problems (e.g. Childcare, employment systems etc)
• Marxists argue that we need to change more than education. Focus on the economy first. |
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