If Schools Didn't Exist

A classic in the philosophy of education, considering the fundamental purpose and function of schools, translated into English for the first time. This classic 1971 work on the fundamental purpose and function of schools belongs on the same shelf as other landmark works of the era, including Ivan Il...

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description A classic in the philosophy of education, considering the fundamental purpose and function of schools, translated into English for the first time. This classic 1971 work on the fundamental purpose and function of schools belongs on the same shelf as other landmark works of the era, including Ivan Illich's Deschooling Society, Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and John Holt's How Children Fail. Nils Christie's If School Didn't Exist, translated into English for the first time, departs from these works by not considering schooling (and deschooling) as much as schools and their specific community and social contexts. Christie argues that schools should be proving grounds for how to live together in society rather than assembly lines producing future citizens and employees. Christie presents three examples of schools in different settings—a French village school that became the bedrock of its community; federal government–run schools for Native Americans that facilitated the experience of inferiority; and a British secondary school that reinforced class stratification. He considers the school's function as a storage space (for an unproductive segment of society), as a means for differentiation (based on merit), and as distributor of knowledge. He introduces the idea of the school-society, a self-governing body of students, teachers, parents, and community; and he offers a vision of a society based on normalizing the needs and values of local communities.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-785832024-03-29T09:14:33Z If Schools Didn't Exist Cone, Lucas Wiewiura, Joachim unschooling norwegian norway sociology critical pedagogy social justice pedagogy bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy & theory of education bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBK Sociology: family & relationships::JHBK5 Sociology: sexual relations bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPQ Central government::JPQB Central government policies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFW Sex and sexuality, social aspects thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies A classic in the philosophy of education, considering the fundamental purpose and function of schools, translated into English for the first time. This classic 1971 work on the fundamental purpose and function of schools belongs on the same shelf as other landmark works of the era, including Ivan Illich's Deschooling Society, Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and John Holt's How Children Fail. Nils Christie's If School Didn't Exist, translated into English for the first time, departs from these works by not considering schooling (and deschooling) as much as schools and their specific community and social contexts. Christie argues that schools should be proving grounds for how to live together in society rather than assembly lines producing future citizens and employees. Christie presents three examples of schools in different settings—a French village school that became the bedrock of its community; federal government–run schools for Native Americans that facilitated the experience of inferiority; and a British secondary school that reinforced class stratification. He considers the school's function as a storage space (for an unproductive segment of society), as a means for differentiation (based on merit), and as distributor of knowledge. He introduces the idea of the school-society, a self-governing body of students, teachers, parents, and community; and he offers a vision of a society based on normalizing the needs and values of local communities. 2022-02-21T15:12:31Z 2022-02-21T15:12:31Z 2020 book ONIX_20220221_9780262358477_103 9780262358477 9780262538893 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78583 eng The MIT Press image/jpeg n/a https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12093.001.0001 The MIT Press The MIT Press 10.7551/mitpress/12093.001.0001 10.7551/mitpress/12093.001.0001 ae0cf962-f685-4933-93d1-916defa5123d 9780262358477 9780262538893 The MIT Press 246 Cambridge open access
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPQ Central government::JPQB Central government policies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education
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If Schools Didn't Exist
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norway
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critical pedagogy
social justice pedagogy
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy & theory of education
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBK Sociology: family & relationships::JHBK5 Sociology: sexual relations
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPQ Central government::JPQB Central government policies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology
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social justice pedagogy
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies
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