We Need To Rethink School
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Our current way of schooling isn't working. Due to its history, the education system carries persistent problems to the present day. Let's look at some solutions to revolutionise our approach to education for a liberated future. Go follow @elliotsangestevez and @solarpunkalana! Solarpunk Alana's Video on Education & Ecology: https://youtu.be/KPtnhUmMKI4 Introduction - 0:00 Preface - 1:17 History of Schooling - 1:57 Critique of Schooling - 8:13 History of Anarchist Alternatives - 17:49 Mapping Alternatives to Schooling - 24:42 Conclusion - 32:17 Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/saintdrew = outro music: Cedar Womb by joe zempel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuMhK75-tYDMV_7nEExFmg Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vVDncwsr2d6svvsH8WVYO?si=XCvFfCf5RM--WiCRHTUjgw&dl_branch=1 = Sources & Resources: The Emergence of Compulsory Schooling and Anarchist Resistance by Matt Hern Toward the Destruction of Schooling by Jan D Matthews Standardizing Human Ability by Cathy Davidson The Social Importance of the Modern School by Emma Goldman Anarchism: The Feminist Connection by Peggy Kornegger Childhood & The Psychological Dimension of Revolution by Ashanti Alston Schooling in Capitalist America by Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses by Louis Althusser Anarchist Pedagogies by Robert H. Haworth Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich The Desktop Regulatory State by Kevin Carson The Origin and Ideals of the Modern School by Francisco Ferrer Anarchy, A Graphic Guide by Clifford Harper Anarchic Epimetheanism: The pedagogy of Ivan Illich by Richard Kahn
  • confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 months ago

    The video essay focuses on deconstructing modern day schooling under capitalism. Today’s schools are structured to teach obedience through hierarchy with the teacher having the authoritative power in the classroom setting.

    He argues for a schooling process that focuses on teaching well rounded individuals instead of standardized testing that aims to turn out complacent workers or even soldiers. Teaching how to garden, cook and to work as a community while also offering compromises to ensure people have access to language, math and science education. He also stresses teaching critical thinking skills meant to challenge the current powers that choose to oppress such places of radical learning.

    A lot of what he talks about is from an anarchist perspective and offers some past examples of alternative education systems that have been put into practice. There’s no definite solution or quick fix to our current education system but there are better ways to create well rounded individuals free from hierarchy’s demands, it’s just a whole lot different than from what we were forced to learn from such a young age.

    I know I would have preferred to learn to garden, tend for the land and form a closer connection to my local community instead of learning a coloniser’s history and the skills to be a scared and obedient worker.