This page contains discussion questions associated with many of the readings, to guide in-class discussion.
Discussion questions.
| SES # |
QUESTIONS |
| 1 |
Introduction (PDF)
Holt, How Children Fail (PDF)
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| 2 |
Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (PDF)
Valley, "An Option for Intellectual Autonomy" (PDF)
Giannini, "Nurturing Talent and Creativity in the Arts" (PDF)
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| 3 |
Kirschenbaum, Wad-ja-get? (PDF) |
| 4 |
Naylor, "Antioch: Vision and Revision" (PDF)
Nkabinde, "Evergreen: Ever Green?" (PDF)
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| 5 |
Lave, Situated Learning (PDF) |
| 6 |
Mattuck, The Torch or the Firehose (PDF)
Schoenfeld, Mathematical Problem Solving (PDF)
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| 7 |
Olin College Prospectus (PDF)
Lake, "Integrated Curriculum" (PDF)
Gamson, Liberating Education (PDF)
Buzan, Use Both Sides of Your Brain (PDF)
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| 8 |
Valley, My Years in the M.I.T. Experimental Study Group (PDF) |
| 9 |
Neill, Summerhill (PDF)
Hern, Deschooling Our Lives (PDF)
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| 10 |
Newell, "Deep Springs: Loyalty to a Fault?" (PDF) |
| 11 |
Adams, "Prescott: from Parson to Parsimony" (PDF) |
| 14 |
Rimmer, The Harrad Experiment (PDF) |