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Published Feb. 10, 2015 by Basic Books.

ISBN:
9780465084999

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4 stars (1 review)

1 edition

A good introdution to alternative ideas about education.

4 stars

Parts of it feel already a bit dated. Specially the assumption of the jump from hunter/gatherers to agricultural societies assumed as a given and linear progression (this idea is heavily disputed in The Dawn of Everything, Graeber and Wengrow).

But overall a good overview and questioning of the educational structures we have built and subject our kids to. It proposes some clear actionable strategies to reinvent education and centre the children's experience and interests. Personally I found it to be a great tool in my family's journey into unschooling.