ISBN:
9780415820608
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (491 p)
Paralleltitel:
Print version Education, Childhood and Anarchism : Talking Colin Ward
DDC:
306.43
Schlagwort(e):
Ward, Colin..
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Education ; Social aspects..
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Educational sociology..
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City children..
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Environmental education..
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Anarchism
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
As one of Britain's most original thinkers and writers Colin Ward wrote extensively about positive and practical examples from the past and present of the anarchist spirit or the 'social principle' in everyday life. This volume is the first scholarly work dedicated to examining the significance of his distinctive and highly relevant contributions to the areas of education, children and the environment. In each chapter, international contributors from academic and activist backgrounds offer cross-disciplinary and critical perspectives on Ward's work and its relevance to contemporary debates. Th
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part I: The sandbox of the city; 1. The city as instructor: pedagogical avant-garde and urban literacy in Germany around World War I; Introduction.; Großstadtpädagogik - The child as a pupil in the city.; The textbooks of urban literacy; The pedagogy of the street; Playgrounds as urban experience; The challenges of urban society for the child; Summary and outlook; References; 2. The city in the child: Colin Ward, urban becoming and the shift to experience
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Writing city youthExploring the 'juvenile city'; Looking backwards, looking forwards; Notes; References; 3. The city as a classroom and the street children of New Delhi, India; Street children: The lost imaginary of the urban landscape; Children on the streets; Children of the streets; A framework for listening; Observation; Cube of hope; City priority listing; City mapping; City modelling; Child-led tours; Photographic mapping; Children as ethnographers of the unseen city; The city as a classroom: reality or metaphor?; Note; References
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4. On the street where you live: Colin Ward and environmental educationThe place of architecture and design; The exploding school; Learning to labour?; References and further reading; Part II: Adventures in education; 5. Education for participation; Introduction; Context; Background; Front Door Project (1974-1976); Art and the Built Environment Project (1976-1979); Art and the Built Environment Project (1980-1982); Outcomes and impact; Education for participation; Aesthetic and design awareness and criticism; Strategies for research and development; Reflection; References
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6. 'A parable of the way things ought to be': Colin Ward, the Peckham Health Centre and the de-schooling movement'The way things ought to be'; Children and their freedoms; The limits of freedom; Communities and the passing on of traditions; Where do these views leave the concept of 'school'?; Ward and Peckham as part of the de-schooling tradition; Towards alternatives; Notes; References; 7. 'Bringing freedom to education': Colin Ward, Alex Bloom and the possibility of radical democratic schools; Negative liberty - no punishment, no prizes, no poverty of expectation; No punishment
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No competitionNo prizes; No streaming; Positive liberty - creative curriculum, deliberative democracy and the power of possibility; Creative curriculum; Deliberative democracy; Liberty as democratic fellowship; 'You have to fight for freedom all the way - parents and teachers, and everyone else' A.S. Neill on Alex Bloom1; Acknowledgements; Note; References; 8. Playful voices in participatory design; Voice and participation: Playful voices; Research context; Playful voices: findings; Voices expressing pleasure and excitement; Playfulness as 'resourcefulness'
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Playful voices as 'symbolic protest and resistance'
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