strategy
Promoting independent learning
Synonyms:
Advocating non-formalized educationSupporting alternative education
Implementation:
Alternatives to state school education are possible in the USA, Canada, France and some other countries. Some forms of new alternative education being created include parent cooperatives, home school resource centres, charter schools, public at-risk alternatives, public choice and magnet schools, Montessori and Waldorf schools. Claim:
True intellectual breakthroughs have always come from independent scholars outside the academic community: Einstein, Freud, Will Durant and Bertrand Russell are examples. New seminal ideas are being developed by non-academics: Ivan Illich, Rachel Carson, Ralph Nader, E F Schumacher, Paul Goodman and James Lovelock. Narrower:
Promoting home-schoolingProviding open universitiesEducating by correspondenceAdvancing continuing education Facilitates:
Considering the future of the university Facilitated by:
Envisioning the future of education Problems:
Inability of educational systems to keep pace with technological advancementInadequacy of prevailing learning systems
Ineffective university faculty members
Outmoded education system
Unbridled academic competition
Organizations:
International Montessori Association Traditions for Tomorrow World University Roundtable Association of Waldorf Schools of North America References:
Miller, Ron: What Are Schools For?Lipnack, Jessica and Stamps, Jeffrey: The Team Net FactorMintz, Jerry: The Handbook of Alternative Education Subjects:
Communication → PromotionEducation → Education
Innovative change → Alternatives
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
